Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes: Men don't achieve truth because they lack humility and love of truth. They won't criticize their own beliefs. Truth would overwhelm them.
         

Men don't achieve truth because they lack humility and love of truth. They won't criticize their own beliefs. Truth would overwhelm them.


Henri Frederic Amiel
Check all other quotes by Henri Frederic Amiel

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Mon. 29 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Men-don-t-achieve-truth-because-they-643807>.





Check out


Other quotes of Henri Frederic Amiel


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.





Other quotes you may like


Common human experience alone is no guarantee with which we can build a science of psychology.

Common human experience alone is no guarantee with which we can build a science of psychology.



There is no Success or Failure in "LOVE", by itself is a Victory !!

There is no Success or Failure in "LOVE", by itself is a Victory !!



I'm sure you have a theme: the theme of your life. You can embellish it or desecrate it, but it's your theme, and as long as you follow it, you will experience harmony and peace of mind.

I'm sure you have a theme: the theme of your life. You can embellish it or desecrate it, but it's your theme, and as long as you follow it, you will experience harmony and peace of mind.



Come, my pretender, my fritter, my bubbler, my chicken biddy! Oh succulent one, it is but one turn in the road and I would be a cannibal!

Come, my pretender, my fritter, my bubbler, my chicken biddy! Oh succulent one, it is but one turn in the road and I would be a cannibal!



Football is a sport of paradox. It requires reaction, not reflection. Yet you must use your mind to calculate, to anticipate - to think and not think at the same time.

Football is a sport of paradox. It requires reaction, not reflection. Yet you must use your mind to calculate, to anticipate - to think and not think at the same time.



If you don't want me to see, I guess, don't sleep in the same room as me." He looks at her with a sly smile. "But I'm known for sleeping in school. It's my shtick.

If you don't want me to see, I guess, don't sleep in the same room as me." He looks at her with a sly smile. "But I'm known for sleeping in school. It's my shtick.



I cannot remember back to a year in which I did not consider myself to be a writer, and the younger I was the bigger that capital 'W.

I cannot remember back to a year in which I did not consider myself to be a writer, and the younger I was the bigger that capital 'W.



The press today is full of people who are not qualified and not trying very hard to be good reporters.

The press today is full of people who are not qualified and not trying very hard to be good reporters.



Stop killing your brothers and your sisters and help them out in any difficulty. That's my message.

Stop killing your brothers and your sisters and help them out in any difficulty. That's my message.



The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will repeal tomorrow what it has enacted today.

The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will repeal tomorrow what it has enacted today.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Men don't achieve truth because they lack humility and love of truth. They won't criticize their own beliefs. Truth would overwhelm them.". Author of this quote is Henri Frederic Amiel. This quote is about achieve, humility, criticize, and love, truth, men,.