Self-interest is an inexhaustible source of convenient illusions. The number of beings — Henri-Frédéric Amiel
A philosopher is aspires to explain away all mysteries, to dissolve them into light. — Henri-Frédéric Amiel
[I]t is truth alone-scientific, established, proved, and rational truth-which is capable — Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Are we not all shipwrecked,…condemned to death?… However impatient our neighbours — Henri-Frédéric Amiel
In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past – a pious guardian of some affection — Henri-Frédéric Amiel
It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine — Henri-Frédéric Amiel
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is. — Henri-Frédéric Amiel