Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel

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

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

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.

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

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

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

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

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.