“Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be equally outraged by silence.”
Truth
“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.”
LifeAll Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel
“Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.”
Hope“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“Common sense is the measure of the possible it is composed of experience and prevision it is calculation applied to life.”
Experience“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.”
Future“Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.”
Faith“Order is power.”
Power“An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.”
Truth“Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.”
Faith“There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.”
Respect“Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.”
Family“Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.”
Good“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“To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.”
Courage“Society lives by faith, and develops by science.”
Faith“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“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“Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.”
Sympathy“He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.”
Nature