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

Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

Topics: Self Satisfaction Quotes

Order is power.

Order is power.

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept...

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept...

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...

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming...

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming...

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...

To marry unequally is to suffer equally.

To marry unequally is to suffer equally.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

Any landscape is a condition of the spirit.

The only substance properly so called is the soul.

The only substance properly so called is the soul.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian...

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian...

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.

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

Society lives by faith, and develops by science.

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a...

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a...

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

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...

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...

Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the...

Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the...

Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.

Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.