Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amielwas a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth27 September 1821
CountrySwitzerland
capable living
So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.
difficult easily genius mark others talent
To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.
belief true useful
A belief is not true because it is useful
action both criticism faith liking order persistent troubled truth
A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt.
crushing destiny fate fulfilling refusing ways wishes
Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
action becomes
Action is only coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.
expresses man worth
It is not what he had, or even what he does, which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
courage happy
We must have the courage to be happy
believes curing health himself man sick
There is no curing a sick man who believes himself in health
capable living
So as long as a person is capable of self-renewal, they are a living being.
science able finals
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.
happiness limits conquest
Happiness has no limits, because God has neither bottom nor bounds, and because happiness is nothing but the conquest of God through love.
happiness doe ugliness
Happiness does away with ugliness, and even makes the beauty of beauty.
evil effort want
Only evil grows of itself, while for goodness we want effort and courage.