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Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: Learn to ... be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
         

Learn to ... be what you are and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.


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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.

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.



There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.



Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.



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.

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.



Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.



In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past



In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.



Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.



Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.



You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.





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Whenever ego suffers from fear of death & your practice turns to seeing impermanence, ego settles down.

Whenever ego suffers from fear of death & your practice turns to seeing impermanence, ego settles down.




He who has foresight has more than two eyes.

He who has foresight has more than two eyes.



I must be allowed to be as I am.

I must be allowed to be as I am.



Any area of my life for which I have no hope is under the influence of a lie.

Any area of my life for which I have no hope is under the influence of a lie.



When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans.

When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans.



So I think we shouldn't be overly concerned about the decline in personal saving at this particular moment and time, but it's something we certainly need to keep an eye on.

So I think we shouldn't be overly concerned about the decline in personal saving at this particular moment and time, but it's something we certainly need to keep an eye on.



Those who recognize the existence of suffering, its cause, its remedy, and its cessation, have fathomed the four noble truths. They will walk in the right path.

Those who recognize the existence of suffering, its cause, its remedy, and its cessation, have fathomed the four noble truths. They will walk in the right path.



Fashion should go back to what it should be: closer to art, not totally commercial but have some artistic value at its core.

Fashion should go back to what it should be: closer to art, not totally commercial but have some artistic value at its core.



I regret my disbelief in God.

I regret my disbelief in God.




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