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Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

There is an illusion of central position, justifying one’s own purposes as right and everybody else¹s as wrong, and providing a proper degree of paranoia. Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means Picture Quote #1

A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library Picture Quote #1

He who is silent is forgotten; he who does not advance falls back; he who stops is overwhelmed; out distanced, crushed; he who ceases t grow becomes smaller; he who leaves off, gives up; the condition of standing still is the beginning of the end Picture Quote #1

Life is an apprenticeship to the constant renunciations, to the steady failure of our claims, our hopes, our powers, our liberty Picture Quote #1

Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind, and therefore independence of all social, political or religious prejudice... It loves one thing only... truth Picture Quote #1

Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not; and to believe in your own individuality Picture Quote #1

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True poetry is truer than science, because it is synthetic, and seizes at once what the combination of all the sciences is able, at most, to attain as a final result Picture Quote #1

There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good Picture Quote #1

Every landscape is, as it were, a state of the soul, and whoever penetrates into both is astonished to find how much likeness there is in each detail Picture Quote #1

If ignorance and passion are the foes of popular morality, it must be confessed that moral indifference is the malady of the cultivated classes Picture Quote #1

Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time Picture Quote #1

Wisdom consists in rising superior both to madness and to common sense, and is lending oneself to the universal illusion without becoming its dupe Picture Quote #1

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I find myself regarding existence as though from beyond the tomb, from another world; all is strange to me; I am, as it were, outside my own body and individuality; I am depersonalized, detached, cut adrift. Is this madness? Picture Quote #1

When everything has its proper place in our minds, we are able to stand in equilibrium with the rest of the world Picture Quote #1

There is no repose for the mind except in the absolute; for feeling, except in the infinite; for the soul, except in the divine Picture Quote #1

The ideal doctor would be a man endowed with profound knowledge of life and of the soul, intuitively divining any suffering or disorder of whatever kind, and restoring peace by his mere presence Picture Quote #1

Faith is certitude without proofs... Faith is a sentiment, for it is a hope; it is an instinct, for it precedes all outward instruction Picture Quote #1

Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others Picture Quote #1

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Do not despise your situation; in it you must act, suffer, and conquer. From every point on earth we are equally near to heaven and to the infinite Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one’s own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude Picture Quote #1

Melancholy is at the bottom of everything, just as at the end of all rivers is the sea. Can it be otherwise in a world where nothing lasts, where all that we have loved or shall love must die? Is death, then, the secret of life? The gloom of an eternal mourning enwraps, more or less closely, every serious and thoughtful soul, as night enwraps the universe Picture Quote #1

What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which, generally speaking, decides the whole future of an existence. One single black speck may be the beginning of gangrene, of a storm, of a revolution Picture Quote #1

A woman is sometimes fugitive, irrational, indeterminable, illogical and contradictory. A great deal of forbearance ought to be shown her, and a good deal of prudence exercised with regard to her, for she may bring about innumerable evils without knowing it. Capable of all kinds of devotion, and of all kinds of treason, monster incomprehensible, raised to the second power, she is at once the delight and the terror of man Picture Quote #1

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A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered; in a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life Picture Quote #1

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There is an illusion of central position, justifying one’s own purposes as right and everybody else¹s as wrong, and providing a proper degree of paranoia. Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) He who is silent is forgotten; he who does not advance falls back; he who stops is overwhelmed; out distanced, crushed; he who ceases t grow becomes smaller; he who leaves off, gives up; the condition of standing still is the beginning of the end (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) Life is an apprenticeship to the constant renunciations, to the steady failure of our claims, our hopes, our powers, our liberty (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind, and therefore independence of all social, political or religious prejudice... It loves one thing only... truth (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not; and to believe in your own individuality (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) True poetry is truer than science, because it is synthetic, and seizes at once what the combination of all the sciences is able, at most, to attain as a final result (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) Every landscape is, as it were, a state of the soul, and whoever penetrates into both is astonished to find how much likeness there is in each detail (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) If ignorance and passion are the foes of popular morality, it must be confessed that moral indifference is the malady of the cultivated classes (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) 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 Frederic Amiel Quotes) I find myself regarding existence as though from beyond the tomb, from another world; all is strange to me; I am, as it were, outside my own body and individuality; I am depersonalized, detached, cut adrift. Is this madness? (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) When everything has its proper place in our minds, we are able to stand in equilibrium with the rest of the world (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) There is no repose for the mind except in the absolute; for feeling, except in the infinite; for the soul, except in the divine (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) The ideal doctor would be a man endowed with profound knowledge of life and of the soul, intuitively divining any suffering or disorder of whatever kind, and restoring peace by his mere presence (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) Faith is certitude without proofs... Faith is a sentiment, for it is a hope; it is an instinct, for it precedes all outward instruction (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) Do not despise your situation; in it you must act, suffer, and conquer. From every point on earth we are equally near to heaven and to the infinite (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) 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 Quotes) Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one’s own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) Melancholy is at the bottom of everything, just as at the end of all rivers is the sea. Can it be otherwise in a world where nothing lasts, where all that we have loved or shall love must die? Is death, then, the secret of life? The gloom of an eternal mourning enwraps, more or less closely, every serious and thoughtful soul, as night enwraps the universe (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which, generally speaking, decides the whole future of an existence. One single black speck may be the beginning of gangrene, of a storm, of a revolution (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) A woman is sometimes fugitive, irrational, indeterminable, illogical and contradictory. A great deal of forbearance ought to be shown her, and a good deal of prudence exercised with regard to her, for she may bring about innumerable evils without knowing it. Capable of all kinds of devotion, and of all kinds of treason, monster incomprehensible, raised to the second power, she is at once the delight and the terror of man (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes) A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered; in a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life (Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes)

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