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Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.
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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The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.
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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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Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin.
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For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.
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Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.
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Never to tire, never to grow cold to be patient, sympathetic, tender to look for the budding flower and the opening heart to hope always like God, to love always--this is duty.
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To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits.
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Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind.
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The laws of animality govern almost the whole of history.
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At bottom there is but one subject of study: the forms and metamorphoses of mind. All other subjects may be reduced to that all other studies bring us back to this study.
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Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the manner in which he behaves toward fools.
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To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent.
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