“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.”
Life
“Order is power.”
PowerAll Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel
“Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.”
Faith“Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.”
Art“Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.”
Family“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.”
Thankful“Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd it must be communicated by contagion.”
Communication“I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.”
Age“Common sense is the measure of the possible it is composed of experience and prevision it is calculation applied to life.”
Experience“Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.”
Hope“Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.”
Future“Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.”
Intelligence“Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be equally outraged by silence.”
Truth“Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.”
Good“There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.”
Respect“To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.”
Courage“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.”
Good“Order is power.”
Power“Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.”
Music“Society lives by faith, and develops by science.”
Faith“An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.”
Truth