Quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel

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.

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.

To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.

He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

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.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.