Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amielwas a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth27 September 1821
CountrySwitzerland
french passion thirst truth
The thirst for truth is not a French passion
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.
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.
according duty
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers.
exercises faith inevitable life profession silent
Every life is a profession of faith and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.
becoming both common consists delusion lending madness oneself rising superior universal wisdom
Wisdom consists in rising superior both to madness and to common sense, and in lending oneself to the universal delusion without becoming its dupe.
finite fragments infinite space time
Time and space are fragments of the infinite for the use of the finite creatures.
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.