A capacity for self-recollection — from withdrawal from the outward to the inward — is in fact the condition of all noble and useful activity. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Henri Amiel Quote – “A hundred thousand sheep…”
A hundred thousand sheep are not more instructive than one sheep. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Henri Amiel Quote – “Self-interest is but the survival of the animal…”
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Henri Amiel Quote – “To win true peace…”
To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by a supreme power, to feel himself on the right road, at the point where God would have him be — in harmony with God and the universe. This reliance gives strength and calm. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Henri Amiel Quote – “At bottom there is but one subject of study…”
At bottom there is but one subject of study… the mind. All other subjects may be reduced to that; all other studies bring us back to this study. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Henry Amiel Quote – “My true being, the essence of my nature…”
My true being, the essence of my nature, myself, remains inviolate and inaccessible to the world’s attacks. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Henri Amiel Quote – “Truth above all…”
Truth above all, even when it upsets and overwhelms us! Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Henri Amiel Quote – “Our liberty, wisely understood…”
Our liberty, wisely understood, is but a voluntary obedience to the universal laws of life. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Henri Amiel Quote – “To understand things we must…”
To understand things we must have been once in them and then have come out of them; so that first there must be captivity and then deliverance, illusion followed by disillusion, enthusiasm by disappointment. He who is still under the spell, and he who has never felt the spell, are equally incompetent. We only know well what we have first […]
Henri Amiel Quote – “We are never more discontented with others…”
We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. The consciousness of wrongdoing makes us irritable, and our heart in its cunning quarrels with what is outside it, in order that it may deafen the clamour within. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)