Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

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Henri Frederic Amiel

Profession : Philosopher

Birth : September 27, 1821

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.

Henri Frederic Amiel

To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.

Henri Frederic Amiel

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.

Henri Frederic Amiel

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.

Henri Frederic Amiel

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

Henri Frederic Amiel

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.

Henri Frederic Amiel

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

Henri Frederic Amiel

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

Henri Frederic Amiel

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

Henri Frederic Amiel

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

Henri Frederic Amiel

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

Henri Frederic Amiel

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

Henri Frederic Amiel

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

Henri Frederic Amiel

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

Henri Frederic Amiel

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Henri Frederic Amiel

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

Henri Frederic Amiel

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.

Henri Frederic Amiel

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

Henri Frederic Amiel