Quotes by Amiel, Henri Frederic

To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do >>

Order is power. >>

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

Quotations about Intervention

Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it >>

All of Western tradition, from the late bloom of the British Empire ri >>

Everything intercepts us from ourselves. >>

Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one's own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude.

Amiel, Henri Frederic