Henri Fr�d�ric Amiel
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Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty
Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life
Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing
Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness
Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ourselves
Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness
Any landscape is a condition of the spirit
Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more
Action is only coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious
Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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