Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.”

“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.”

“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.”

“Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.”

“Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin.”

“Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.”

“In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.”

“The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.”

“To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.”

“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.”