Henri Frederic Amiel

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be equally outraged by silence.

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.

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.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Order is power.

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.

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.

The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

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.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

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.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.

Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.