Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amielwas a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth27 September 1821
CountrySwitzerland
time wasting-time wasted-time
Time wasted is a theft from God.
valentines-day romantic-love love-is
Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.
true-love heart love-is
True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.
life submission oscillation
Life is but a daily oscillation between revolt and submission.
wisdom common-sense rising
Wisdom consists in rising superior both to madness and to common sense, and is lending oneself to the universal illusion without becoming its dupe.
real greatness men
Great men are the real men, in them nature has succeeded.
rain destiny tree
How true it is that our destinies are decided by nothings and that a small imprudence helped by some insignificant accident, as an acorn is fertilized by a drop of rain, may raise the trees on which perhaps we and others shall be crucified.
men understanding
A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself.
mind able world
When everything has its proper place in our minds, we are able to stand in equilibrium with the rest of the world.
ninety-nine progress retreat
A thousand things advance; nine hundred and ninety nine retreat; That is progress.
black storm departure
What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which, generally speaking, decides the whole future of an existence. One single black speck may be the beginning of gangrene, of a storm, of a revolution.
cutting individuality world
I find myself regarding existence as though from beyond the tomb, from another world; all is strange to me; I am, as it were, outside my own body and individuality; I am depersonalized, detached, cut adrift. Is this madness?
order wish organize
To know where one is going and what one wishes - this is order ... to organize one's life to distribute one's time ... all this belong to and is included in the word order.
failure pride discouragement
Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement.