306 Quotes by Henri Frédéric Amiel

Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and of life.

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh, be swift to love, make haste to be kind!

Life is short and we never have enough time for gladdening the hearts of those who travel the way with us. O, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind.

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.Â

Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.

Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.

A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron to give forth sparks.

It is not what he has, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.