Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man...#Henri Frederic Amiel
Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.#Henri Frederic Amiel
Sacrifice still exists everywhere, and everywhere the elect of each generation suffers for the salvation...#Henri Frederic Amiel
Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic...#Henri Frederic Amiel
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.#Henri Frederic Amiel
It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming...#Henri Frederic Amiel
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been...#Henri Frederic Amiel
