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. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 5
Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind! Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 5
Common sense is calculation applied to life. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 3
The best path through life is the highway. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 3
Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh, that is to say over fear: fear of poverty, of suffering, of calumny, of illness, of loneliness and of death. There is no real piety without heroism. Heroism is the dazzling and glorious con. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 2
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 Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 1
Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and while the soul of Mozart seems to dwell on the ethereal peaks of Olympus, that of Beethoven climbs shuddering the storm-beaten sides of a Sinai. Blessed be they both! Each represents a moment of the ideal life, each does us good. Our love is due to both. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
The only substance properly so called is the soul. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
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 Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
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 Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
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 Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
To marry unequally is to suffer equally. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
To shun one's cross is to make it heavier. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
True humility is contentment. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
Uncertainty is the refuge of hope. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
We only understand that which already within us. Henri Frederic Amiel Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0
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 Swiss Philosopher More Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes 0