At bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul— hope. All the activity of man, all his efforts and all his enterprises, presuppose a hope in him of attaining an end. Once kill this hope and his movements... Journal: The Journal Intime - Page 72by Henri Frédéric Amiel - 1895Full view - About this book
| Henri Frédéric Amiel - Authors, Swiss - 1885 - 560 pages
...bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul—hope. All the activity of man, all his efforts and all his enterprises,...action would no doubt be a grotesque prayer. Very well! but when a man loses faith in the efficacy of his efforts, when he says to himself, ' You are incapable... | |
| Henri Frédéric Amiel - Authors, Swiss - 1885 - 560 pages
...bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul — hope. All the activity of man, all his efforts and all his enterprises, presuppose a hope in him of attaining an end. Ouce kill this hope and his movements become senseless, spasmodic, and convulsive, like those of some... | |
| Henri Frédéric Amiel - Authors, Swiss - 1885 - 588 pages
...bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul — 'hope. All the activity of man, all his efforts and all his enterprises, presuppose a hope in him uf attaining an end. Once kill this hope and his movements become senseless, spasmodic, and convulsive,... | |
| Henri Frédéric Amiel - Authors, Swiss - 1889 - 378 pages
...bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul— hope. All the activity of man, all his efforts and all his enterprises,...action would no doubt be a grotesque prayer. Very well ! but when a man loses faith in the efficacy of his efforts, when he says to himself, ' You are incapable... | |
| Henri Frédéric Amiel - 1891 - 378 pages
...bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul—hope. All the activity of man, all his efforts and all his enterprises,...in him of attaining an end. Once kill this hope and MB movements become senseless, spasmodic, and convulsive, like those of some one falling from a height.... | |
| Alexander Faulkner Shand - Psychology - 1920 - 628 pages
...the presence or absence of one single element in the soul— hope. All the activities of man . . . pre-suppose a hope in him of attaining an end. Once...senseless, spasmodic and convulsive, like those of someone falling from a height." 2 " What makes old age so sad," says Richter, " is not that our joys... | |
| William McDougall - Social psychology - 1920 - 500 pages
...the presence or absence of one single element in the soul — hope. All the activities of man . . . presuppose a hope in him of attaining an end. Once...and his movements become senseless, spasmodic, and ~ ' t convulsive." Shand, who cites these and other similar remarks of the poets upon hope, adds :... | |
| James Clerk Maxwell Garnett - Education - 1921 - 544 pages
...presence or absence of one single element in the soul — hope. All the activities of man...pre-suppose a hope in him of attaining an end. Once kill this...senseless, spasmodic and convulsive, like those of someone falling from a height.'* And this hope must, we repeat, be focussed in something beyond the... | |
| William McDougall - Social psychology - 1921 - 440 pages
...the presence or absence of one single element in the soul — hope. All the activities of man . . . presuppose a hope in him of attaining an end. Once...movements become senseless, spasmodic and convulsive." Shand, who cites these and other similar remarks of the poets upon hope, adds : "No other emotion has... | |
| William McDougall - Social psychology - 1921 - 442 pages
...the presence or absence of one single element in the soul — hope. All the activities of man . . . presuppose a hope in him of attaining an end. Once...movements become senseless, spasmodic and convulsive." Shand, who cites these and other similar remarks of the poets upon hope, adds : "No other emotion has... | |
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