Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amielwas a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth27 September 1821
CountrySwitzerland
basis energy gives happiness health
Health is the first of all liberties, and happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.
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.
happiness believe grace
Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not; and to believe in your own individuality.
happiness giving energy
Happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.
happiness moon shining
Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.
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