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Letter "H" » Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes
«Whenever conscience speaks with a divided, uncertain, and disputed voice, it is not the voice of God. Descend still deeper into yourself, until you hear nothing but a clear, undivided voice, a voice which does away with doubt and brings with it persuasion, light, and serenity.»
«Wisdom consists in rising superior both to madness and to common sense, and in lending oneself to the universal delusion without becoming its dupe.»
Author: Henri Frederic Amiel
«Will localizes us; thought universalizes us.»
«Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.»
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«Its way of suffering is the witness which a soul bares to itself.»
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«Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.»
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«A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself.»
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«The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings»
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«An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains»
«To be always ready a man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied»
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