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Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.

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Wisdom, Heart, Men

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Happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.

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Love, Life, Family

Journal Intime 2 April (1865)

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Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.

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Life, Responsibility, Ambition

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Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

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Clever, Intelligence, Cleverness

Entry for February 16, 1868, "The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel", Book by Henri-Frédéric Amiel, translated by Mary Augusta Ward, 1882.

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Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us doubt everything.

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Reality, Doubt, Ends

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Almost everything comes from almost nothing.

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Time

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At bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul - HOPE

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Soul, Elements, Absence

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As it is impossible to be outside God, the best is consciously to dwell in Him.

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Impossible

Entry for July 16, 1848, "The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel", Book by Henri-Frédéric Amiel, translated by Mary Augusta Ward, 1882.

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To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent.

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Genius, Talent, Mark

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Kindness is gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us.

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Kindness, Heart, Dark

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Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.

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Music, Dream, Peace

Entry for March 17, 1870, "The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel", translated by Mary Augusta Ward, 1882.

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A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied; he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered; in a word, he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life.

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Life, Letting Go, Cutting

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The best path through life is the highway.

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Path, Life Is, Highways

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Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind, and therefore independence of all social, political or religious prejudice... It loves one thing only... truth.

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Religious, Philosophy, Mean

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Joy is the vital air of the soul.

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Air, Joy, Soul

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Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

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Art, Truth, Secret

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Time and space are fragments of the infinite for the use of finite creatures.

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Time, Space, Use

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Never to tire, never to grow cold; to be patient, sympathetic, tender; to look for the budding flower and the opening heart; to hope always; like God, to love always--this is duty.

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Flower, Heart, Looks

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I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to the uses that will be made of those rights so long as wisdom is rare and pride abundant

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Pride, Rights, Long

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It is work which gives flavor to life.

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Work, Giving, Flavor

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Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

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Science, Common Sense, Experience

"On the Art of Business" by Abdul Wahab Al-Falaij and James Howard Merkel, (p. 88), 2004.

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Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one's own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude.

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Respect, Mean, Desire

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Philosophy starts with doubt and loves only truth.

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Philosophy, Doubt, And Love

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A belief is not true simply because it is useful.

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Atheism, Belief, Positive Atheism

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It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.

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Inspirational, Teacher, Teaching

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Born: September 28, 1821
Died: May 11, 1881
Occupation: Philosopher
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