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. Henri Frederic Amiel on love
Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven. Henri Frederic Amiel on music
To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song. Henri Frederic Amiel on music
He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life. Henri Frederic Amiel on nature
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self. Henri Frederic Amiel on respect
Society lives by faith, and develops by science. Henri Frederic Amiel on science
Society lives by faith, and develops by science. Henri Frederic Amiel on society
Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library. Henri Frederic Amiel on success
It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well. Henri Frederic Amiel on teacher
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts. Henri Frederic Amiel on thankful
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. Henri Frederic Amiel on time
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false. Henri Frederic Amiel on truth
Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be equally outraged by silence. Henri Frederic Amiel on truth
An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains. Henri Frederic Amiel on truth
Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd it must be communicated by contagion. Henri Frederic Amiel on truth
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. Henri Frederic Amiel on women
Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious. Henri Frederic Amiel on action