Henri-Frederic Amiel Quotes

Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.
Henri-Frederic Amiel quote

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

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.
Henri-Frederic Amiel quote

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.
Henri-Frederic Amiel quote

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
Henri-Frederic Amiel quote

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.
Henri-Frederic Amiel quote

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.
Henri-Frederic Amiel quote

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.
Henri-Frederic Amiel quote

Biography

Swiss critic