Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amielwas a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth27 September 1821
CountrySwitzerland
Henri Frederic Amiel quotes about
time ideas illusion
Time is the supreme illusion. It is but the inner prism by which we decompose being and life, the mode under which we perceive successively what is simultaneous in idea.
jesus believe
About Jesus we must believe no one but himself.
atheist real errors
Emancipation from error is the condition of real knowledge.
feelings soul mind
There is no repose for the mind except in the absolute; for feeling, except in the infinite; for the soul, except in the divine.
littles causes little-things
What we call little things are merely the causes of great things.
persistence self able
Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted for that of reason and conscience.
thoughtful night sea
Melancholy is at the bottom of everything, just as at the end of all rivers is the sea. Can it be otherwise in a world where nothing lasts, where all that we have loved or shall love must die? Is death, then, the secret of life? The gloom of an eternal mourning enwraps, more or less closely, every serious and thoughtful soul, as night enwraps the universe.
nature soul landscape
Every landscape is, as it were, a state of the soul, and whoever penetrates into both is astonished to find how much likeness there is in each detail.
valentines-day romantic-love love-is
Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.
time wasting-time wasted-time
Time wasted is a theft from God.
mind able world
When everything has its proper place in our minds, we are able to stand in equilibrium with the rest of the world.
ninety-nine progress retreat
A thousand things advance; nine hundred and ninety nine retreat; That is progress.
failure pride discouragement
Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement.
humility humble contentment
True humility is contentment.