“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
“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.”
GoodAll Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel
“Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.”
Truth“An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.”
Truth“Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd it must be communicated by contagion.”
Communication“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“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“Order is power.”
Power“I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.”
Age“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“Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.”
Future“Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.”
Hope“The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.”
Life“Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.”
Good“Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.”
Faith“Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.”
Faith“In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.”
Freedom“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“Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be equally outraged by silence.”
Truth“Society lives by faith, and develops by science.”
Faith