Henri Frederic Amiel quotes

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

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

Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.

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

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

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

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.

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.

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

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

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.

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

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.

The best path through life is the highway.

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

Order is power.

To marry unequally is to suffer equally.

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

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

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

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

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.

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.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

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.

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.

True humility is contentment.

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

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

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.