Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amielwas a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth27 September 1821
CountrySwitzerland
heart self wind
Let mystery have its place in you ; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self-examination, but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready for any seed the winds may bring ...
genius impossible talent
To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.
inspirational motivational happy-birthday
I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.
change self long
So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being. -Henri
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.