11.29.06
Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes
Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes
The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.
- Henri Frederic Amiel
Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and of life.
- Henri Frederic Amiel
A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied.
- Henri Frederic Amiel
The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the willing playthings; he is less duped than his neighbor by his own nature. He judges more sanely, he sees things as they are. It is in this that his liberty consists — in the ability to see clearly and soberly, in the power of mental record.
- Henri Frederic Amiel – 1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic
