Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amielwas a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth27 September 1821
CountrySwitzerland
passion men iron
Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.
french passion thirst truth
The thirst for truth is not a French passion
passion blow men
A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron to give forth sparks
passion men play
Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence.
passion sacrifice law
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
ignorance passion class
If ignorance and passion are the foes of popular morality, it must be confessed that moral indifference is the malady of the cultivated classes.
passion men truth-is
Men prefer the false due to habit, passion, will. Preference for truth is rare. Men are ruled by their fear of truth.
passion fire feelings
The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.
exercises faith inevitable life profession silent
Every life is a profession of faith and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.
advice haste life swift
Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind!
haste hearts life short swift time travel
Life is short and we never have enough time for gladdening the hearts of those who travel the way with us. Oh, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind.
corner fallow heart leave mystery ready seed soil turning winds
Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self-examination, but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready for any seed the winds may bring...
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.
believes curing health himself man sick
There is no curing a sick man who believes himself in health