Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amielwas a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth27 September 1821
CountrySwitzerland
love life relationship
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.
being-yourself inspiration being-single
Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
inspirational respect humility
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
basis energy gives happiness health
Health is the first of all liberties, and happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.
difficult easily impossible others talent
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for others is genius.
belief true useful
A belief is not true because it is useful
soul suffering witness
Its way of suffering is the witness which a soul bares to itself.
capable living
So as long as a person is capable of self-renewal, they are a living being.
clearness decides insists man perfect seeing
The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides
inner life man slave
The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings