Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amielwas a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth27 September 1821
CountrySwitzerland
humility men and-love
Men don't achieve truth because they lack humility and love of truth. They won't criticize their own beliefs. Truth would overwhelm them.
faith society this-society
Society lives by faith, and develops by science.
wisdom heart men
Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
courage conquer incessantly
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.
art live-life suffering
You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.
attitude positive-thinking men
The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.
inspirational education intelligence
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
independent-women intelligent wish
Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
science common-sense experience
Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.
inspirational life success
For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.
truth materialism vulgar
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
music dream peace
Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.
religious philosophy mean
Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind, and therefore independence of all social, political or religious prejudice... It loves one thing only... truth.
letting-go cutting men
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.