Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

• To marry unequally is to suffer equally.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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

  Henri Frederic Amiel

• To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

• To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

• Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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

  Henri Frederic Amiel

• The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

• The only substance properly so called is the soul.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

• The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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

  Henri Frederic Amiel

• The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

• The best path through life is the highway.

  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

• 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.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

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

  Henri Frederic Amiel

• Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

• So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

• Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

• Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

• Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

  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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