Henri-Frédéric Amiel

(2368 votes)   Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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(587 votes)   In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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(505 votes)   We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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(473 votes)   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
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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(471 votes)   To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.

Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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(469 votes)   To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times.

Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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(468 votes)   Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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(443 votes)   For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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(437 votes)   Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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(397 votes)   Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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(380 votes)   Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.

Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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(361 votes)   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
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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(358 votes)   Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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(353 votes)   We become actors without realizing it, and actors without wanting to.

Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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(346 votes)   So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic

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