Emancipation from error is the condition of real knowledge.
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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.Henri Frederic Amiel
Common sense is the measure of the possible.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
Henri Frederic Amiel
It is dangerous to abandon one's self to the luxury of grief it deprives one of courage and even of the wish for recovery.
Henri Frederic Amiel
To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by a supreme power, to feel himself in the right road, at the point where God would have him be - in order with God and the universe. This faith gives strength and calm.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
Henri Frederic Amiel
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