Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.
More Quotes from Henri Frederic Amiel:
What we call little things are merely the causes of great things they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which, generally speaking, decides the whole future of an existence. One single black speck may be the beginning of a gangrene, of a storm, of a revolution.Henri Frederic Amiel
Learn to limit yourself to content yourself with some definite work dare to be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not and to believe in your own individuality.
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Democracy means despair of finding any heroes to govern you, and contented putting up with the want of them
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We must dare to be happy, and dare to confess it, regarding ourselves always as the depositories, not as the authors of our own joy.
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Accept life, and you must accept regret.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Health is the first of all liberties, and happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.
Henri Frederic Amiel
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