Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Quotes


We must dare to be happy, and dare to confess it, regarding ourselves always as the depositories, not as the authors of our own joy. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Happiness 171
It is not what he has, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Life 144
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Duty 105
Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Intelligence 96
Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Children 88
Great men are the real men, in them nature has succeeded. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Greatness 84
He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature ... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Self 79
To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Talent 77
An error is always the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Errors 76
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Genius 70
Without faith a man can do nothing. But faith can stifle all science. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Faith 69
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you cannot accept regret. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Decisions 68
Wisdom consists in rising superior both to madness and to common sense, and is lending oneself to the universal illusion without becoming its dupe. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Wisdom 66
He who is silent is forgotten; he who abstains is taken at his word; he who does not advance falls back; he who stops is overwhelmed, distanced, crushed; he who ceases to grow greater becomes smaller; he who leaves off, gives up; the stationary condition is the beginning of the end. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Silence 65
For purposes of action, nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Action 64
Our dependence outweighs our independence, for we are independent only in our desire, while we are dependent on our health, on nature, on society, on everything in us and outside us. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Man 61
Action is only coarsened thought-thought become concrete, obscure and unconscious. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Action 60
Truth is the secret of eloquence and virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and of life. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Truth 60
What is an intelligent man? A man who enters with ease and completeness into the spirit of things and the intention of persons, and who arrives at an end by the shortest route. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Intelligence 58
To know how to grow old is the master-work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Aging 56
Life is an apprenticeship to constant renunciations, to the steady failure of our claims, our hopes, our powers, our liberty. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Life 52
For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Will 51
What we do not understand we have no right to judge. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Judgment 50
Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement. Henri FrÃ©dÃ©ric Amiel Failure 44

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