Maxioms by Henri Frederic Amiel
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
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.
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults --a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to read more
Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults --a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin.
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
