“Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.”
Family
“Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.”
IntelligenceAll Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel
“Order is power.”
Power“Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.”
Truth“The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.”
Life“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“Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.”
Intelligence“Common sense is the measure of the possible it is composed of experience and prevision it is calculation applied to life.”
Experience“Society lives by faith, and develops by science.”
Faith“Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.”
Sympathy“Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.”
Faith“An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.”
Truth“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“In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.”
Freedom“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“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“Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.”
Music“Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.”
Hope“Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be equally outraged by silence.”
Truth“Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.”
Future