Henry F. Amiel Quotes

A laborious way of being nothing is to be everything; of not wanting everything; of not wanting anything, is to want it all.

If there is any conflict between the natural and the moral world, between reality and conscience, it is conscience that should prevail.

Time is nothing but the space between our memories.

Every need is calmed and every vice grows with satisfaction.

Your body is a temple of nature and the divine spirit. Preserve it healthy; respect it; study it; grant it its rights.

Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in tenderness, and the care to safeguard as much freedom as possible for those with whom one lives.

The criticism turned into a system is the denial of knowledge and the true estimation of things.

Life is a progressive learning of renunciation, of continuous limitation of our aspirations, our hopes, our strength, our freedom.

We live as we renew ourselves.

Life is nothing but a web of habits.

What is a cultivated spirit? It is one that can look at things from many points of view.

True humility consists in being content.