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Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Truth above all, even when it upsets us and overwhelms us."

Truth above all, even when it upsets us and overwhelms us.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us doubt everything."

Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us doubt everything.




Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "A belief is not true simply because it is useful."

A belief is not true simply because it is useful.



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."

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: "If ignorance and passion are the foes of popular morality, it must be confessed that moral indifference is the malady of the cultivated classes."

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: "Joy is the vital air of the soul."

Joy is the vital air of the soul.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Sadness takes up the pen more readily than joy."

Sadness takes up the pen more readily than joy.




Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "We only understand that which already is within us."

We only understand that which already is within us.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "About Jesus we must believe no one but himself."

About Jesus we must believe no one but himself.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "At bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul - HOPE"

At bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul - HOPE



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Knowledge, love, power-there is the complete life."

Knowledge, love, power-there is the complete life.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "If man was what he ought to be, he would be adored by the animals."

If man was what he ought to be, he would be adored by the animals.




Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Happiness has no limits, because God has neither bottom nor bounds, and because happiness is nothing but the conquest of God through love."

Happiness has no limits, because God has neither bottom nor bounds, and because happiness is nothing but the conquest of God through love.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "There are 2 sorts of pride: one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves."

There are 2 sorts of pride: one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the manner in which he behaves toward fools."

Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the manner in which he behaves toward fools.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Life alone can rekindle life."

Life alone can rekindle life.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "To know where one is going and what one wishes - this is order ... to organize one's life to distribute one's time ... all this belong to and is included in the word order."

To know where one is going and what one wishes - this is order ... to organize one's life to distribute one's time ... all this belong to and is included in the word order.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement."

Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Great men are the real men, in them nature has succeeded."

Great men are the real men, in them nature has succeeded.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times."

To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "A microscopic phantom of the universe; this is all that we are able to be."

A microscopic phantom of the universe; this is all that we are able to be.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "In order to see Christianity, one must forget all the Christians."

In order to see Christianity, one must forget all the Christians.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Happiness does away with ugliness, and even makes the beauty of beauty."

Happiness does away with ugliness, and even makes the beauty of beauty.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Men of genius supply the substance of history, while the mass of men are but the critical filter, the limiting, slackening, passive force needed for the modification of ideas supplied by genius."

Men of genius supply the substance of history, while the mass of men are but the critical filter, the limiting, slackening, passive force needed for the modification of ideas supplied by genius.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Society rests upon conscience, not upon science."

Society rests upon conscience, not upon science.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Sympathy is the first condition of criticism; reason and justice presuppose, at their origin, emotion."

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism; reason and justice presuppose, at their origin, emotion.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "War is a brutal and fierce means of pacification; it means the suppression of resistance by the destruction or enslavement of the conquered."

War is a brutal and fierce means of pacification; it means the suppression of resistance by the destruction or enslavement of the conquered.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness."

Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.



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."

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: "I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to the uses that will be made of those rights so long as wisdom is rare and pride abundant"

I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to the uses that will be made of those rights so long as wisdom is rare and pride abundant



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence."

Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "To understand is to possess the thing understood, first by sympathy and then by intelligence."

To understand is to possess the thing understood, first by sympathy and then by intelligence.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand."

To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be."

Our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "[T]he habit of scientific analysis ... exhausts the material offered to it."

[T]he habit of scientific analysis ... exhausts the material offered to it.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "The musician of the present day, not being able to give us what is beautiful, torments himself to give us what is new."

The musician of the present day, not being able to give us what is beautiful, torments himself to give us what is new.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "The unfinished is nothing."

The unfinished is nothing.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "From every spot on earth we are equally near heaven and the infinite."

From every spot on earth we are equally near heaven and the infinite.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "When everything is in its right place within us, we ourselves are in balance with the whole work of God."

When everything is in its right place within us, we ourselves are in balance with the whole work of God.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "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."

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 Frederic Amiel Quotes: "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."

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 Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Cleverness is serviceable for everything sufficient for nothing."

Cleverness is serviceable for everything sufficient for nothing.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Every life is a possession of faith and exercises an inevitable and silent propaganda."

Every life is a possession of faith and exercises an inevitable and silent propaganda.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "We must have the courage to be happy."

We must have the courage to be happy.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "A man must be able to cut a knot for everything cannot be untied."

A man must be able to cut a knot for everything cannot be untied.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides never decides."

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides never decides.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Faith is a certitude without proofs ... a sentiment for it is a hope it is an instinct for it precedes all outward instruction."

Faith is a certitude without proofs ... a sentiment for it is a hope it is an instinct for it precedes all outward instruction.



Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: "Doing easily what others find is difficult is talent doing what is impossible for talent is genius."

Doing easily what others find is difficult is talent doing what is impossible for talent is genius.