“Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.”
Future
“Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.”
SympathyAll Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel
“Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.”
Sympathy“In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.”
Freedom“Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.”
Music“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“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.”
Thankful“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“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“To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.”
Courage“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“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“I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.”
Age“Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.”
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“An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.”
Truth“Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.”
Intelligence“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“Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.”
Faith“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