Quotes by Amiel, Henri Frederic

Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad aw >>

We become actors without realizing it, and actors without wanting to. >>

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law >>

Quotations about Self-interest

Remember how often you have postponed minding your interest, and let s >>

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the bake >>

Long before Einstein told us that matter is energy, Machiavelli and Ho >>

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

Amiel, Henri Frederic