197 Quotes by Henri-Frédéric Amiel

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

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

all appears to change when we change

A belief is not true because it is useful

It is not what he has, nor even what he does, which directly expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

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.

Whoever is unwilling to make mistakes should not act.

Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation of the rest.

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.