Henri Fr�d�ric Amiel
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Society rests upon conscience and not upon science
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers
Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power
Order is man's greatest need, and his true well-being
Only evil grows of itself, while for goodness we want effort and courage
Man is saved by love and duty, and by the hope that springs from duty, or rather from the moral facts of consciousness, as a flower springs from the soil
Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice, and justice towards the feeble becomes necessarily protection or kindness
Latent genius is but a presumption. Everything that can be, is bound to come into being, and what never comes into being is nothing
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
In health there is liberty. Health is the first of all liberties, and happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health
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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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