Quote

Time is but the measure of the difficulty of a conception. Pure thought has scarcely any need of time, since it perceives the two ends of an idea almost at the same moment.

Henri Frederic Amiel

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Henri Frederic Amiel
Age: 59 †
Born: 1821
Born: September 27
Died: 1881
Died: May 11
Diarist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Poet
Translator
University Teacher
Writer
Genève
Henri-Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amiel
Ideas
Since
Need
Almost
Perceives
Needs
Moment
Scarcely
Time
Idea
Conception
Moments
Perceive
Two
Measure
Ends
Difficulty
Thought
Pure

More quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel

Image
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.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
Life alone can rekindle life.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
It is dangerous to abandon one's self to the luxury of grief it deprives one of courage, and even of the wish for recovery.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
The musician of the present day, not being able to give us what is beautiful, torments himself to give us what is new.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
Happiness has no limits, because God has neither bottom nor bounds, and because happiness is nothing but the conquest of God through love.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us doubt everything.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
There is an illusion of central position, justifying one's own purposes as right and everybody else¹s as wrong, and providing a proper degree of paranoia. Righteous ends, thus approved, absolve of guilt the most violent means.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
Hope is only the love of life.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
Common sense is calculation applied to life.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
Do not despise your situation in it you must act, suffer, and conquer. From every point on earth we are equally near to heaven and to the infinite.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
Henri Frederic Amiel
Image
If ignorance and passion are the foes of popular morality, it must be confessed that moral indifference is the malady of the cultivated classes.
Henri Frederic Amiel