“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
“Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.”
TruthAll Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel
“Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.”
Truth“Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.”
Family“I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.”
Age“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“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“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.”
Teacher“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.”
Art“Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.”
Sympathy“Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.”
Future“There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.”
Respect“The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.”
Life“Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.”
Music“In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.”
Freedom“Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be equally outraged by silence.”
Truth“Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.”
Hope“Order is power.”
Power“Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.”
Intelligence“An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.”
Truth“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.”
Thankful