"Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness."~Henri Frederic Amiel
“Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.” ~Amiel
"For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will." ~Henri Frederic Amiel
"Let mystery have its place in you; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self-examination, but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready for any seed the winds may bring, and reserve a nook of shadow for the passing bird; keep a place in your heart for the unexpected guest, an altar for the unknown God." ~Henri Frederic Amiel
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"Let mystery have its place in you;"Life is short and we never have 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." ~Henri Frederic Amiel
do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self-examination,
but leave a little fallow corner in your heart ready for any seed the winds may bring,
and reserve a nook of shadow for the passing bird;
keep a place in your heart for the unexpected guests, an altar for the unknown God.
Then if a bird sing among your branches, do not be too eager to tame it.
If you are conscious of something new—
thought or feeling, wakening in the depths of your being—
do not be in a hurry to let in light upon it, to look at it;
let the springing germ have the protection of being forgotten,
hedge it round with quiet, and do not break in upon its darkness."
~Henri Frederic Amiel
"Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy." ~Henri Frederic Amiel
“To know how to grow old is the master-work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.” ~Henri Frederic Amiel
"Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence." ~~Henri Frederic Amiel
"Walked for half an hour in the garden. A fine rain was falling, and the landscape was that of autumn. The sky was hung with various shades of gray, and mists hovered about the distant mountains - a melancholy nature. The leaves were falling on all sides like the last illusions of youth under the tears of irremediable grief. A brood of chattering birds were chasing each other through the shrubberies, and playing games among the branches, like a knot of hiding schoolboys. Every landscape is, as it were, a state of the soul, and whoever penetrates into both is astonished to find how much likeness there is in each detail." ~Henri Frederic Amiel H
"What is an intelligent man? A man who enters with ease and completeness into the spirit of things and the intention of persons, and who arrives at an end by the shortest route." ~Henri Frédéric Amiel
"When everything has its proper place in our minds, we are able to stand in equilibrium with the rest of the world."~Henri-Frederic Amiel (1821-1881), Swiss Philosopher and Poet
"You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering." ~Henri-Frederic Amiel
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"Walked for half an hour in the garden. A fine rain was falling, and the landscape was that of autumn. The sky was hung with various shades of gray, and mists hovered about the distant mountains - a melancholy nature. The leaves were falling on all sides like the last illusions of youth under the tears of irremediable grief. A brood of chattering birds were chasing each other through the shrubberies, and playing games among the branches, like a knot of hiding schoolboys. Every landscape is, as it were, a state of the soul, and whoever penetrates into both is astonished to find how much likeness there is in each detail." ~Henri Frederic Amiel H
"What is an intelligent man? A man who enters with ease and completeness into the spirit of things and the intention of persons, and who arrives at an end by the shortest route." ~Henri Frédéric Amiel
"When everything has its proper place in our minds, we are able to stand in equilibrium with the rest of the world."~Henri-Frederic Amiel (1821-1881), Swiss Philosopher and Poet
"You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering." ~Henri-Frederic Amiel
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