 | Henri Frédéric Amiel - Authors, Swiss - 1885 - 588 pages
...end. They confound being with individual being, and the expansion of the self with happiness, — that is to say, they do not live by the soul ; they ignore...because they are superficial. Why so much effort, noise, straggle, and greed ? — it is all a mere stunning and deafening of the self. When death comes they... | |
 | Henri Frédéric Amiel - 1887 - 676 pages
...end. They confound being with individual being, and the expansion of the self with happiness, — that is to say, they do not live by the soul ; they ignore...the self. When death comes they recognise that it is so, — why not then admit it sooner ? Activity is only beautiful when it is holy — that is to say,... | |
 | Henri Frédéric Amiel - Authors, Swiss - 1889 - 378 pages
...end. They confound being with individual being, and the expansion of the self with happiness, — that is to say, they do not live by the soul ; they ignore...the self. When death comes they recognise that it is so, — why not then admit it sooner ? Activity is only beautiful when it is holy — that is to say,... | |
 | John Cournos - Literary Criticism - 1928 - 494 pages
...prevailing "devouring and incessant activity" of the Western nations, and especially of Americans? "They are excited, ardent, positive, because they...is all a mere stunning and deafening of the self." The approach of death alone makes them realize the folly of it all — "why not then admit it sooner?"... | |
 | Religion - 2005 - 308 pages
...much effort? It is clear that for the Western nations life is a devouring and incessant activity . . . why so much effort, noise, struggle and greed? It...stunning and deafening of the self. When death comes we recognize that it is so — why not admit it sooner? Activity is only beautiful when it is holy... | |
 | Mormons - 1915 - 946 pages
...Ah, if Amiel could visit us! One could imagine him repeating his famous: "Why so much effort, noise, and greed? It is all a mere stunning and deafening of the self. When death comes they recognize that it is so; why not admit it sooner? Activity is only beautiful when it is holy — that... | |
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They are eager for gold, for power, for dominion; their aim is to crush men and to enslave nature. They show an obstinate interest in means, and have not a thought for the end. They confound being with individual being, and the expansion of the self with... 