Henry F. Amiel Quote

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

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

Henry F. Amiel

The more one loves, the more one suffers.

Henry F. Amiel

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

Henry F. Amiel

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

Henry F. Amiel

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

Henry F. Amiel

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

Henry F. Amiel

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

Henry F. Amiel

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

Henry F. Amiel

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

Henry F. Amiel

Doubt in love ends up making one doubt everything.

Henry F. Amiel

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.

Henry F. Amiel