Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes & Sayings

“There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.”

“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.”

“Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.”

“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.”

“The best path through life is the highway.”

“Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.”

“Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.”

“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.”

“Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.”

“The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.”