306 Quotes by Henri Frédéric Amiel

Time is the supreme illusion. It is but the inner prism by which we decompose being and life, the mode under which we perceive successively what is simultaneous in idea.

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.

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

Pay bad people with your goodness; fight their hatred with your kindness. Even if you do not achieve a victory over other people, you will conquer yourself.

He who is too much afraid of being duped has lost the power of being magnanimous.

We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.

True humility is contentment.

Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

There are 2 sorts of pride: one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves.