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A musical theme once exhausted, finds its due refuge and repose in silence.
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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I find myself regarding existence as though from beyond the tomb, from another world all is strange to me I am, as it were, outside my own body and individuality I am depersonalized, detached, cut adrift. Is this madness?
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Time and space are fragments of the infinite for the use of finite creatures.
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Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
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There is no repose for the mind except in the absolute for feeling, except in the infinite for the soul, except in the divine.
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There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
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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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Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind.
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Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one's own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude.
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Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an art.
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It would have been a joy to me to be smiled upon, loved, encouraged, welcomed, and to obtain what I was so ready to give, kindness and goodwill. But to hunt down consideration and reputation - to force the esteem of others - seemed to me an effort unworthy of myself, almost a degradation.
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To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.
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Time wasted is a theft from God.
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The laws of animality govern almost the whole of history.
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An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.
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A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library.
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Men of genius supply the substance of history, while the mass of men are but the critical filter, the limiting, slackening, passive force needed for the modification of ideas supplied by genius.
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A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself.
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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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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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Emancipation from error is the condition of real knowledge.
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