Quotes by Amiel, Henri Frederic

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontent >>

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impos >>

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

Quotations about Music

There is two kinds of music the good and bad. I play the good kind. >>

Music is spiritual. The music business is not. >>

The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contra >>

Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and while the soul of Mozart seems to dwell on the ethereal peaks of Olympus, that of Beethoven climbs shuddering the storm-beaten sides of a Sinai. Blessed be they both! Each represents a moment of the ideal life, each does us good. Our love is due to both.

Amiel, Henri Frederic