Henri Frederic Amiel

The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.

The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by a supreme power, to feel read more

To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by a supreme power, to feel himself in the right road, at the point where God would have him be - in order with God and the universe. This faith gives strength and calm.

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing read more

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.

Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to read more

Learn to limit yourself; to content yourself with some definite work; dare to be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not; and to believe in your own individuality.