Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

Swiss - Philosopher | September 27, 1821 - May 11, 1881

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.

Henri Frederic Amiel

TalentImpossibleGeniusDoingFind

Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.

Henri Frederic Amiel

PeopleNothingWillCleverTolerate

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Henri Frederic Amiel

LandscapeSpiritConditionAny

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

TeacherWaterWritingThinkLook

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

Henri Frederic Amiel

ConsentStateNationalityCompulsion

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

Henri Frederic Amiel

MusicPerfectionDreamHeavenOur

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.

Henri Frederic Amiel

MusicGreatArtSoulSongKey

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

Henri Frederic Amiel

HeartIntelligenceManFather's Day

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

Henri Frederic Amiel

JoyBackLibertySecretAlwaysAny

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

GoodWomenLovedWishWhyWithout

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.

Henri Frederic Amiel

ManAnimalSurvivalHumanityBegins

To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.

Henri Frederic Amiel

LiveCourageHappyBe HappyConquer

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