Quotes by Amiel, Henri Frederic

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the heart >>

The only substance properly so called is the soul. >>

Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for >>

Quotations about Greatness

Th abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power. >>

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for t >>

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most ser >>

Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.

Amiel, Henri Frederic