It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is. Henri Frederic Amiel Next Quote True humility is contentment. - Henri Frederic Amiel Previous Quote 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