Before crime is committed conscience must be corrupted, and every bad man who succeeds in reaching a high point of wickedness begins with this. Henri Frederic Amiel More Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel More Quotes From Henri Frederic Amiel Everything which is, is thought, but not conscious and individual thought. The human intelligence is but the consciousness of being. It is what I have formulated before: Everything is a symbol of a symbol, and a symbol of what? Of mind. Henri Frederic Amiel individual consciousness mind Men prefer the false due to habit, passion, will. Preference for truth is rare. Men are ruled by their fear of truth. Henri Frederic Amiel truth-is passion men Do not despise your situation; in it you must act, suffer, and conquer. From every point on earth we are equally near to heaven and to the infinite. Henri Frederic Amiel suffering earth heaven To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song. Henri Frederic Amiel song teacher art Will localizes us, thought universalizes us. Henri Frederic Amiel willpower The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes. Henri Frederic Amiel passion fire feelings The best path through life is the highway. Henri Frederic Amiel highways path life-is The germs of all things are in every heart, and the greatest criminals as well as the greatest heroes are but different modes of ourselves. Henri Frederic Amiel criminals hero heart Every situation is an equilibrium of forces; every life is a struggle between opposing forces working within the limits of a certain equilibrium Henri Frederic Amiel limits struggle life-is To understand is to possess the thing understood, first by sympathy and then by intelligence. Henri Frederic Amiel understood understanding firsts Emancipation from error is the condition of real knowledge. Henri Frederic Amiel errors atheist real What governs men is the fear of truth. Henri Frederic Amiel voting men Sadness takes up the pen more readily than joy. Henri Frederic Amiel pens sadness joy There is no repose for the mind except in the absolute; for feeling, except in the infinite; for the soul, except in the divine. Henri Frederic Amiel soul mind feelings What we call little things are merely the causes of great things. Henri Frederic Amiel little-things causes littles When everything has its proper place in our minds, we are able to stand in equilibrium with the rest of the world. Henri Frederic Amiel able mind world When everything is in its right place within us, we ourselves are in balance with the whole work of God. Henri Frederic Amiel right-place balance whole Nothing finite is true, is interesting, is worthy to fix my attention. All that is particular is exclusive, and all that is exclusive repels me. Henri Frederic Amiel worthy attention interesting Happiness does away with ugliness, and even makes the beauty of beauty. Henri Frederic Amiel ugliness doe happiness Happiness has no limits, because God has neither bottom nor bounds, and because happiness is nothing but the conquest of God through love. Henri Frederic Amiel bottom limits happiness
