For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy...#Henri Frederic Amiel
Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.#Henri Frederic Amiel
Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling...#Henri Frederic Amiel
Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough...#Henri Frederic Amiel
Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.#Henri Frederic Amiel
Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious.#Henri Frederic Amiel
Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced...#Henri Frederic Amiel
