Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amielwas a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth27 September 1821
CountrySwitzerland
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.
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.
persistence self able
Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted for that of reason and conscience.
philosophical able phantoms
A microscopic phantom of the universe; this is all that we are able to be.
beautiful giving able
The musician of the present day, not being able to give us what is beautiful, torments himself to give us what is new.
soul suffering witness
Its way of suffering is the witness which a soul bares to itself.
capable living
So as long as a person is capable of self-renewal, they are a living being.
exercises faith inevitable life profession silent
Every life is a profession of faith and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.
action becomes
Action is only coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.
crushing destiny fate fulfilling refusing ways wishes
Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
Tell me what you think you are and I will tell you what you are not
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.
french passion thirst truth
The thirst for truth is not a French passion
according duty
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers.