Famous quotes containing the word amiel:
“Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (20th century)
“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.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)
“Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)