Quotations from

Henri-Frederic Amiel

Quotes from Henri-Frederic Amiel

Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and life.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel

Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel

…happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel

Hope is only the love of life.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel

Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the mann in which he behaves toward fools.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel

The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel

All appears to change when we change.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

—Henri-Frederic Amiel