Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.
Henri Frederic AmielA thousand things advance; nine hundred and ninety nine retreat; That is progress.
Henri Frederic AmielEvery man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.
Henri Frederic AmielHe who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.
Henri Frederic AmielTo be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand; it is the cruelest trial reserved for self-devotion; it is what must have oftenest wrung the heart of the Son of man; and if God could suffer, it would be the wound we should be forever inflicting upon Him. He also - He above all - is the great misunderstood, the least comprehended.
Henri Frederic Amiel