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Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
Henri Frederic Amiel
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Henri Frederic Amiel
Age: 59 †
Born: 1821
Born: September 27
Died: 1881
Died: May 11
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Henri-Frederic Amiel
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Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means.
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Whenever conscience speaks with a divided, uncertain, and disputed voice, it is not the voice of God. Descend still deeper into yourself, until you hear nothing but a clear, undivided voice, a voice which does away with doubt and brings with it persuasion, light, and serenity.
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There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good.
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A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself.
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Latent genius is but a presumption. Everything that can be, is bound to come into being, and what never comes into being is nothing.
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Pay bad people with your goodness fight their hatred with your kindness. Even if you do not achieve a victory over other people, you will conquer yourself.
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The laws of animality govern almost the whole of history.
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The ideal, after all, is true than the real: for the ideal is the eternal element in perishable things.
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Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
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There are 2 sorts of pride: one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves.
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Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.
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The best path through life is the highway.
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Joy is the vital air of the soul.
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To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.
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I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.
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An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.
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Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.
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It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.
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True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.
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