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The only substance properly so called is the soul.
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
Henri Frédéric Amiel
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When everything is in its right place within us, we ourselves are in balance with the whole work of God.
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We are always making God our accomplice, that so we may legalize our own iniquities. Every successful massacre is consecrated by a Te Deum, and the clergy have never been wanting in benedictions for any victorious enormity.
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Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement.
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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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You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.
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A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron to give forth sparks.
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Put personal ambition away from you, and then you will find consolation in living or in dying, whatever may happen to you.
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Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be equally outraged by silence.
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The growth and development of the soul is more important than power and glory.
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To know where one is going and what one wishes - this is order ... to organize one's life to distribute one's time ... all this belong to and is included in the word order.
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Happiness has no limits, because God has neither bottom nor bounds, and because happiness is nothing but the conquest of God through love.
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