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Our duty is to be useful, not ...

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires, but according to our powers.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

In every loving woman there is...

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

To marry unequally is to suffe...

To marry unequally is to suffer equally.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

Materialism coarsens and petri...

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

Every life is a profession of ...

Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

The philosopher is like a man ...

The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing playthings; he is less duped than his neighbor by his own nature. He judges more sanely, he sees things as they are. It is in this that his liberty consists -- in the ability to see clearly and soberly, in the power of mental record.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

Sympathy is the first conditio...

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

The obscure only exists that i...

The obscure only exists that it may cease to exist. In it lies the opportunity of all victory and all progress. Whether it call itself fatality, death, night, or matter, it is the pedestal of life, of light, of liberty and the spirit. For it represents resistance -- that is to say, the fulcrum of all activity, the occasion for its development and its triumph.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

Mozart has the classic purity ...

Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and while the soul of Mozart seems to dwell on the ethereal peaks of Olympus, that of Beethoven climbs shuddering the storm-beaten sides of a Sinai. Blessed be they both! Each represents a moment of the ideal life, each does us good. Our love is due to both.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

The man who insists upon seein...

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

Order is power....

Order is power.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

Society lives by faith, and de...

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

To depersonalize man is the do...

To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

We are never more discontented...

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

If nationality is consent, the...

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

The only substance properly so...

The only substance properly so called is the soul.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

Tears are the symbol of the in...

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

He who asks of life nothing bu...

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

Thought is a kind of opium; it...

Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

Uncertainty is the refuge of h...

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

Henri-Frederic Amiel 355 quotes

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