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
motivational fitness freedom
In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.
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.
corner fallow heart leave mystery ready seed soil turning winds
Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self-examination, but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready for any seed the winds may bring...
crushing destiny fate fulfilling refusing ways wishes
Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
cute-love guardian loving object past pious sweet-love woman
In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.
clearness decides insists man perfect seeing
The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides
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.
haste hearts life short swift time travel
Life is short and we never have enough time for gladdening the hearts of those who travel the way with us. Oh, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind.
belief true useful
A belief is not true because it is useful
advice haste life swift
Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind!
finite fragments infinite space time
Time and space are fragments of the infinite for the use of the finite creatures.
courage happy
We must have the courage to be happy
being-yourself inspiration being-single
Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
independent-women intelligent wish
Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.