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Henri Frederic Amiel


Swiss
September 27, 1821
Philosopher
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Order is power.


Henri Frederic Amiel
Tags: Power Order
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Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.


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


Henri Frederic Amiel
Tags: Best Life Through
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The only substance properly so called is the soul.


Henri Frederic Amiel
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To shun one's cross is to make it heavier.


Henri Frederic Amiel
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Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.


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


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


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


Henri Frederic Amiel
Tags: Courage Live Must
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Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.


Henri Frederic Amiel
Tags: Our Duty Useful
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Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.


Henri Frederic Amiel
Tags: Doing Find Others
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Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.


Henri Frederic Amiel
Tags: Great Been Never
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Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.


Henri Frederic Amiel
Tags: Faith Life Every
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
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
Tags: Great Music Up