Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.

Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.

The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.