Maxioms by Henri Frederic Amiel
Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are in read more
Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.
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.
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.
The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.
The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings.
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
