Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

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

Order is power.

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature… is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

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.

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.

The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.

Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.