"Life is short and we never have enough time for gladdening the hearts of those who travel the way with us. Oh, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind." ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
"Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence." ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
"The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings." ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
"There is no respect for others without humility in one's self." ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
"Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves." ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
"Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts." ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
"Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not." ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
"The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms." ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
"Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them." ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
"Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius." ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
"Any landscape is a condition of the spirit." ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
"Woman is the salvation or destruction of the family. She carries its destinies in the folds of her mantle." ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
"To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits." ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
"Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you." ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
"Philosophy starts with doubt and loves only truth." ~ Henri Frédéric Amiel
"Today is a most unusual day, because we have never lived it before; we will never live it again; it is the only day we have."
American writer
"For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm."
American naturalist, photographer and writer
