Henri-Frédéric Amiel

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July 24, 2020

Name: Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Born: 09/27/1821
Died: 05/11/1881 (59 years old)
Occupation: Philosopher, poet, critic

Henri Frédéric Amiel (French pronunciation:?[ɑ̃ʁi.fʁedeʁik amjɛl]; 27 September 1821 – 11 May 1881) was a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic.

Birth Place: Geneva, Switzerland

Death Place: Geneva, Switzerland

Source: Wikipedia

Henri-Frédéric Amiel quotes :

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.
Henri-Frédéric Amiel

The best path through life is the highway.
Henri Frederic Amiel

The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.
Henri Frederic Amiel

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.
Henri Frederic Amiel

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.
Henri Frederic Amiel

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd it must be communicated by contagion.
Henri Frederic Amiel

To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Common sense is the measure of the possible it is composed of experience and prevision it is calculation applied to life.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.
Henri Frederic Amiel

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

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.
Henri Frederic Amiel

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
Henri Frederic Amiel