Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel

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 Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Henri Frederic Amiel
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
Henri Frederic Amiel

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.

Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel

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

Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel

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

Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel

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

Henri Frederic Amiel
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
Henri Frederic Amiel

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.

Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel

The best path through life is the highway.

Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel

To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.

Henri Frederic Amiel
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
Henri Frederic Amiel

True humility is contentment.

Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel

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