Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.
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The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.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
Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self order is power.
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Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Whenever conscience speaks with a divided, uncertain, and disputed voice, it is not the voice of God. Descend still deeper into yourself, until you hear nothing but a clear, undivided voice, a voice which does away with doubt and brings with it persuasion, light, and serenity.
Henri Frederic Amiel
The unfinished is nothing.
Henri Frederic Amiel
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