"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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"Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion."
Henri Frederic Amiel"To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy."
Henri Frederic Amiel"Society lives by faith, and develops by science."
Henri Frederic Amiel"In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties."
Henri Frederic Amiel"Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them."
Henri Frederic Amiel"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"Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not."
Henri Frederic Amiel"Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy."
Henri Frederic Amiel"Uncertainty is the refuge of hope."
Henri Frederic Amiel"Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart."
Henri Frederic Amiel"Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind."
Henri Frederic Amiel"The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings."
Henri Frederic Amiel"The best path through life is the highway."
Henri Frederic Amiel"True humility is contentment."
Henri Frederic Amiel"Order is power."
Henri Frederic Amiel"To marry unequally is to suffer equally."
Henri Frederic Amiel"There is no respect for others without humility in one's self."
Henri Frederic Amiel"Sympathy is the first condition of criticism."
Henri Frederic Amiel"It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well."
Henri Frederic Amiel"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"Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence."
Henri Frederic Amiel"Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves."
Henri Frederic Amiel