A biography for Henri Frederic Amielhasn’t been written yet.
“Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.”
“He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.”
“Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.”
“Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.”
“We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.”
“The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.”