Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amielwas a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth27 September 1821
CountrySwitzerland
inspirational motivational thank-you
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
struggle limits life-is
Every situation is an equilibrium of forces; every life is a struggle between opposing forces working within the limits of a certain equilibrium
success congratulations future
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.
time
Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
exercise quiet influence
Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.
happiness moon shining
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.
regret men perfection
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.
hope refuge uncertainty
Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.
life responsibility ambition
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.
children blessed childhood
Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness.
running perseverance mean
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.
action obscure concrete
Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.
science class mind
[I]t is truth alone-scientific, established, proved, and rational truth-which is capable of satisfying nowadays the awakened minds of all classes. We may still say perhaps, 'faith governs the world,'-but the faith of the present is no longer in revelation or in the priest-it is in reason and in science.
funny truth mistake
An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.