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Danh ngôn của Henri Frederic Amiel (Sứ mệnh: 9)

The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.
Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.
Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go to the library.
True humility is contentment.
Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.
Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.
Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.
The best path through life is the highway.
Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
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.
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.
Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.
Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.
To marry unequally is to suffer equally.
Materialism coarsens and petrifies everything, making everything vulgar, and every truth false.
Society lives by faith, and develops by science.
Order is power.
Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.
There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.
Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.
In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.
Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.
Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.