To repel one’s cross is to make it heavier. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)

To repel one’s cross is to make it heavier. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
A man can understand what is similar to something already existing in himself. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
We can only give what we have. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Man is nothing but contradiction; the less he knows it the more dupe he is. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
It is dangerous to abandon one’s self to the luxury of grief, for it deprives one of courage and even the wish for recovery. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Great men are the true men, the men in whom Nature has succeeded. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
I prefer those men of genius who awaken in me the sense of truth, and who increase the sum of one’s inner liberty. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
It is not at all necessary to be great, as long as we are in harmony with the order of the universe. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature, and a continuous good progress towards inner contentment and spiritual submission, is less likely than anyone else to miss and waste life. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
We are free only so far as we are not dupes of ourselves, our pretexts, our instincts, our temperament. We are freed by energy and the critical spirit — that is to say, by detachment of soul, by self-government. So that we are enslaved, but susceptible of freedom; we are bound, but capable of shaking off our bonds. Henri Amiel […]