Henri Amiel Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

10 Famous Quotes by Henri Amiel
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“We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.”
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“Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.”
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“Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.”
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“For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will”
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“Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence”
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“Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.”
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“I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.”
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“A lively, disinterested, persistent liking for truth is extraordinarily rare. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not to be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism or doubt.”
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“Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.”
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“To marry unequally is to suffer equally.”
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