Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amielwas a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth27 September 1821
CountrySwitzerland
understand within
We only understand that which already within us.
men understanding
A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself.
understanding firsts understood
To understand is to possess the thing understood, first by sympathy and then by intelligence.
expresses man worth
It is not what he had, or even what he does, which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
becoming both common consists delusion lending madness oneself rising superior universal wisdom
Wisdom consists in rising superior both to madness and to common sense, and in lending oneself to the universal delusion without becoming its dupe.
capable living
So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.
difficult easily genius mark others talent
To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.
finite fragments infinite space time
Time and space are fragments of the infinite for the use of the finite creatures.
motivational fitness freedom
In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.
passion men iron
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.
cute-love loved sweet-love wish women
Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
courage happy
We must have the courage to be happy
believes curing health himself man sick
There is no curing a sick man who believes himself in health
exercises faith inevitable life profession silent
Every life is a profession of faith and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.