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
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.
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.
art truth secret
Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.
funny truth mistake
An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.
truth materialism vulgar
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
truth anger empathy
Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.
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.
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...