Henri Frederic Amiel

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing

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

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

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to read more

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.