Henry F. Amiel Quote

The man who aims to see everything clearly before deciding never decides.

Look twice to see what is fair. Look only once to see what is beautiful.

The man rises through intelligence, but he is not truly a man except through the heart.

Tell me what you think you are and I'll tell you what you are not.

Without passion, man is only a dormant force waiting for an opportunity, like flint awaiting the strike of iron, to spark rays of light.

Heaven, hell, and the whole world are within us.

The destiny can follow two paths to cause our ruin: denying us the fulfillment of our desires and fulfilling them fully.

The beautiful is superior to the sublime, because it is permanent and does not satiate, while the sublime is relative, fleeting, and violent.

Take care of your reputation, not out of vanity, but to not harm your work, and out of love for the truth.

Doubt in love ends up making one doubt everything.

To do with ease what is difficult for others, there lies the sign of talent; to do what is impossible for talent, there lies the sign of genius.