Henri Frederic Amiel

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's read more

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

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.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are in read more

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.