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... action - the soul petrified by the sentiment of the infinite , in all this I recognise myself . Celui qui a déchiffré le secret de la vie finie , qui en a lu le mot , est sorti du monde des vivants , il est mort de fait . I can feel ...
... action - the soul petrified by the sentiment of the infinite , in all this I recognise myself . Celui qui a déchiffré le secret de la vie finie , qui en a lu le mot , est sorti du monde des vivants , il est mort de fait . I can feel ...
Page xxv
... action is broken ; his actions are like the actions of a somnambulist . But No doubt to some extent this mood is familiar to all minds en- dowed with the true speculative genius . The philosopher has always tended to become unfit for ...
... action is broken ; his actions are like the actions of a somnambulist . But No doubt to some extent this mood is familiar to all minds en- dowed with the true speculative genius . The philosopher has always tended to become unfit for ...
Page xxviii
... action and the realisation of himself , than a vague sense of peril overtakes him . The inner life , with its boundless horizons and its indescribable exaltations , seems endangered . Is he not about to place between himself and the ...
... action and the realisation of himself , than a vague sense of peril overtakes him . The inner life , with its boundless horizons and its indescribable exaltations , seems endangered . Is he not about to place between himself and the ...
Page xxix
... action and concrete performance , carries him , as Amiel expresses it , ' droit au défaut , ' and makes him conscious at once of the weak point , the germ of failure in a project or an action . It is another aspect of the same ...
... action and concrete performance , carries him , as Amiel expresses it , ' droit au défaut , ' and makes him conscious at once of the weak point , the germ of failure in a project or an action . It is another aspect of the same ...
Page xxxix
... action , whether it was the action of the politician or the social reformer , or merely that steady half - conscious performance of its daily duty which keeps humanity sweet and living , was unfailing . His horizon was not bounded by ...
... action , whether it was the action of the politician or the social reformer , or merely that steady half - conscious performance of its daily duty which keeps humanity sweet and living , was unfailing . His horizon was not bounded by ...
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Page 168 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page 289 - ... la prier, La cruelle qu'elle est se bouche les oreilles Et nous laisse crier. Le pauvre en sa cabane, où le chaume le couvre, Est sujet à ses lois; Et la garde qui veille aux barrières du Louvre N'en défend point nos rois. De murmurer contre elle et perdre patience, II est mal à propos; Vouloir ce que Dieu veut est la seule science Qui nous met en repos.
Page 304 - Entre toutes les différentes expressions qui peuvent rendre une seule de nos pensées, il n'y en a qu'une qui soit la bonne. On ne la rencontre pas toujours en parlant ou en écrivant ; il est vrai néanmoins qu'elle existe, que tout ce qui ne l'est point est faible, et ne satisfait point un homme d'esprit qui veut se faire entendre.
Page xli - Christianity is above all religious, and religion is not a method, it is a life, a higher and supernatural life, mystical in its root and practical in its fruits, a communion with God, a calm and deep enthusiasm, a love which radiates, a force which acts, a happiness which overflows.
Page 9 - Reality, the present, the irreparable, the necessary, repel and even terrify me. I have too much imagination, conscience, and penetration, and not enough character. The life of thought alone seems to me to have enough elasticity and immensity, to be free enough from the irreparable ; practical life makes me afraid.
Page 24 - Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent propaganda. As far as lies in its power, it tends to transform the universe and humanity into its own image. Thus we have all a cure of souls. Every man is a...
Page 85 - Ceux qui vivent, ce sont ceux qui luttent; ce sont Ceux dont un dessein ferme emplit l'âme et le front, Ceux qui d'un haut destin gravissent l'âpre cime, Ceux qui marchent pensifs, épris d'un but sublime, Ayant devant les yeux sans cesse, nuit et jour, Ou quelque saint labeur ou quelque grand amour.
Page 299 - Where are the great, whom thou would'st wish to praise thee ? Where are the pure, whom thou would'st choose to love thee ? Where are the brave, to stand supreme above thee, Whose high commands would cheer, whose chidings raise thee ? Seek, seeker, in thyself; submit to find In the stones, bread, and life in the blank mind.
Page 301 - In eurem Namen, Mütter, die ihr thront Im Grenzenlosen, ewig einsam wohnt, Und doch gesellig. Euer Haupt umschweben Des Lebens Bilder, regsam, ohne Leben. Was einmal war, in allem Glanz und Schein, Es regt sich dort; denn es will ewig sein.
Page 110 - JJ Rousseau is an ancestor in all things. It was he who founded travelling on foot before Topffer, reverie before Rene, literary botany before George Sand, the worship of nature before Bernardin de S.