#in

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#desires #duty #our #powers #useful

The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#his #life is a #man #slave #surroundings

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#becomes #heart #his #man #only

Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#blessed be #brings #childhood #down #heaven

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#everything #false #making #materialism #truth

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#feel #full #full moon #happy #how

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#always #any #back #conquering #difficulty

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#doing #easily #find #genius #impossible

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#disappeared #every #guardian #loving #object

Order is a great person's need and their true well being. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#great #need #order #person #their