Creative Quotations from . . .
Henri Frederic Amiel
(1821-1881) born on
Sep 27
Swiss writer. "He is best known for his "Journal" which is considered a masterpiece of self-analysis."
 
   
F
The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man it forms."

R
"Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists."
A
The unfinished is nothing.
N
"To be always ready a man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied."
K
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
R: "Journal Intime (1882; tr. by Mrs. Humphry Ward, 1892), entry for 3 Feb 1857."
A: Journal intime
N: "In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
K: "In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."



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