Maxioms by Henri Frederic Amiel
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in read more
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.
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.
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
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.
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what read more
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
