Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amielwas a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth27 September 1821
CountrySwitzerland
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.
truth anger empathy
Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.
love life relationship
Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.
being-yourself inspiration being-single
Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
inspirational respect humility
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
clearness decides insists man perfect seeing
The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides
inner life man slave
The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings