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Only evil grows of itself, while for goodness we want effort and courage.
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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There are 2 sorts of pride: one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves.
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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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To marry unequally is to suffer equally.
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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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Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.
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Common sense is the measure of the possible it is composed of experience and prevision it is calculation applied to life.
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I am a spectator, so to speak, of the molecular whirlwind which men call individual life I am conscious of an incessant metamorphosis, an irresistible movement of existence, which is going on within me - and this phenomenology of myself serves as a window opened upon the mystery of the world.
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Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self order is power.
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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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Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
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Hope is only the love of life.
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To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand.
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A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself.
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The only substance properly so called is the soul.
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A musical theme once exhausted, finds its due refuge and repose in silence.
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Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
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Emancipation from error is the condition of real knowledge.
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The immense majority of our species are candidates for humanity, and nothing more.
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Society lives by faith, and develops by science.
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If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.
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