Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

• The stationary condition is the beginning of the end.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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• All appears to change when we change.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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• Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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• An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth,which it contains.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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• Life is short and we never have enough time for the hearts of those who travel the way with us. O, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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• A belief is not true because it is useful.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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• Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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• We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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• A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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• For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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• To repel one’s cross is to make it heavier.

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• 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

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

  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

• We only understand that which already is within us.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

• Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

• True humility is contentment.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

Henri Frederic Amiel (72)

Birth:	27th September, 1821
Death:	11th May, 1881
Nationality:	Swiss
Profession:	Philosopher, Poet, Professor

About

Henri Frederic Amiel was born in Geneva, Switzerland. He was a Swiss philosopher, poet, and critic. In 1849 he was appointed professor of aesthetics at the academy of Geneva, and in 1854 became professor of moral philosophy. He wrote several books include: Amiel's journal, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and Intimes Tagebuch.

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