Sympathy is the first condition of criticism; reason and justice presuppose, at their origin, emotion.
Henri Frederic AmielReligion is not a method, it is a life, a higher and supernatural life, mystical in its root and practical in its fruits; a communion with God, a calm and deep enthusiasm, a love which radiates, a force which acts, a happiness which overflows.
Henri Frederic AmielIt is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
Henri Frederic Amiel