Henri Frederic Amiel Is Quotations

The best path through life is the highway.

Every situation is an equilibrium of forces; every life is a struggle between opposing forces working within the limits of a certain equilibrium

Every life is a profession of faith ...

Men prefer the false due to habit, passion, will. Preference for truth is rare. Men are ruled by their fear of truth.

To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand.

True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.

Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.

To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits.

Love is faith and one faith leads to another.

Life is an apprenticeship to the constant renunciations, to the steady failure of our claims, our hopes, our powers, our liberty.