A belief is not true because it is useful. -- Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-1881)
Related:
- For purposes of action nothing is more useful than
narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.
Henri Frederic... - In order to see Christianity, one must forget almost all the Christians.
Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-1881) "Amiel's Journal"... - An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth
which it contains.
Henri Frederic Amiel (1821... - The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he
decides,
never decides. -- Henri-Frederic... - Life is short and we never have enough time for gladdening the hearts of
those who travel the way with us.
Oh, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind. -- Henri... - Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility,
like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before... - We are always making God our accomplice, that so we may legalize our own
iniquities.
Every successful massacre is consecrated by a Te Deum... - A thousand things advance; nine hundred and ninety-nine retreat:
that is progress. -- Henry Frederic Amiel, Swiss... - Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore;
not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred...
