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Letter "H" » Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes
«Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not; and to believe in your own individuality.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
| About:
Belief,
Grace,
Learning,
Limits
| Keywords:
definite, individuality, limit, resign, resigning
«The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides»
«Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.»
«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»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
| About:
Passion
| Keywords:
awaited, awaits, Flint, flints, give forth, iron, latent, possibility, shock, spark
«Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.»
«Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.»
«Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
| About:
Family,
Women
| Keywords:
carries, destruction, folded, folding, folds, fold up, mantle, mantled, mantles, salvation, The Family
«Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.»
«Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
| About:
Materialism
| Keywords:
coarsened, coarsens, petrifies, petrifying, vulgar
«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.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
| About:
Life
| Keywords:
gladden, gladdening, gladdens, haste, Hearts of, swift
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