The philosopher aspires to explain away all mysteries, to dissolve them into light. Mystery, on the other hand, is demanded and pursued by the religious instinct; mystery constitutes the essence of worship.
We only understand that which already is within us. - Henri Frederic Amiel
We only understand that which already is within us.
- Henri Frederic Amiel
Every living being seeks instinctively to complete itself. - Henri Frederic Amiel
Every living being seeks instinctively to complete itself.
The tragic solemnity of existence strikes us with terrible force on that morning when we wake to find the mournful words "too late" ringing in our ea… - Henri Frederic Amiel
The tragic solemnity of existence strikes us with terrible force on that morning when we wake to find the mournful words "too late" ringing in our ea…
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy. - Henri Frederic Amiel
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.
Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us doubt everything. - Henri Frederic Amiel
Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us doubt everything.
Love is faith and one faith leads to another. - Henri Frederic Amiel
Love is faith and one faith leads to another.
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 thi… - 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 thi…
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
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.
Self-interest is an inexhaustible source of convenient illusions. The number of beings who wish to see truly is extraordinarily small. - Henri Frederic Amiel
Self-interest is an inexhaustible source of convenient illusions. The number of beings who wish to see truly is extraordinarily small.
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