Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

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Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it...

Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it...

I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to...

I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to...

The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.

The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it...

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it...

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our...

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our...

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of...

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of...

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as...

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as...

To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do...

To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do...

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.

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

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

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy...

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy...

All we need is the truth in our hand. Someone to call a friend. Never...

All we need is the truth in our hand. Someone to call a friend. Never...

Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by...

To win true peace, a man needs to feel himself directed, pardoned, and sustained by...

If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep...

If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep...

Strong I am one of those who never knows the direction of my journey until...

Strong I am one of those who never knows the direction of my journey until...

In the spiritual life nowhere do our ideals meet the actual more truly than in...

In the spiritual life nowhere do our ideals meet the actual more truly than in...