Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes on Life (17 Quotes)

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

Melancholy is at the bottom of everything, just as at the end of all rivers is the sea. Can it be otherwise in a world where nothing lasts, where all that we have loved or shall love must die Is death, then, the secret of life The gloom of an eternal mourning enwraps, more or less closely, every serious and thoughtful soul, as night enwraps the universe.

A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered in a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life.

Truth is the secret of eloquence and virtue, the basis of moral authority it is the highest summit of art and of life.

Every life is a possession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent propaganda.

Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and while the soul of Mozart seems to dwell on the ethereal peaks of Olympus, that of Beethoven climbs shuddering the storm-beaten sides of a Sinai. Blessed be they both Each represents a moment of the ideal life, each does us good. Our love is due to both.

Accept life, and you must accept regret.

The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.

Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

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.

The best path through life is the highway.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Life is short. Be swift to love Make haste to be kind

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.

The obscure only exists that it may cease to exist. In it lies the opportunity of all victory and all progress. Whether it call itself fatality, death, night, or matter, it is the pedestal of life, of light, of liberty and the spirit. For it represents resistance -- that is to say, the fulcrum of all activity, the occasion for its development and its triumph.