Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page 143
... harmony which binds us to others , with the adoration which carries us towards God . No , no , no ! Myself only , and that is enough ! Myself by negation , by ugliness , by grimace and irony ! Myself , in my caprice , in my independence ...
... harmony which binds us to others , with the adoration which carries us towards God . No , no , no ! Myself only , and that is enough ! Myself by negation , by ugliness , by grimace and irony ! Myself , in my caprice , in my independence ...
Page 155
... my work - consists in taming , subduing , evangelising , and angelising the evil self ; and in restoring harmony with the good self . Salvation lies in abandon- ing the evil self in principle , and in taking AMIEL'S JOURNAL . 155.
... my work - consists in taming , subduing , evangelising , and angelising the evil self ; and in restoring harmony with the good self . Salvation lies in abandon- ing the evil self in principle , and in taking AMIEL'S JOURNAL . 155.
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... harmony of things , is not the best demon- stration of a fatherly and understanding God , just as it is the shortest road by which to reach Him ? Love is a faith , and one faith leads to another . And this faith is happiness , light ...
... harmony of things , is not the best demon- stration of a fatherly and understanding God , just as it is the shortest road by which to reach Him ? Love is a faith , and one faith leads to another . And this faith is happiness , light ...
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... harmony in the soul . When everything is in its right place within us , we ourselves are in equilibrium with the whole work of God . Deep and grave en- thusiasm for the eternal beauty and the eternal order , reason touched with emotion ...
... harmony in the soul . When everything is in its right place within us , we ourselves are in equilibrium with the whole work of God . Deep and grave en- thusiasm for the eternal beauty and the eternal order , reason touched with emotion ...
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... harmony with the true order of things , life in God . We must learn to look upon time as a movement of eternity , as an undulation in the ocean of being . To live , so as to keep this con- sciousness of ours in perpetual relation with ...
... harmony with the true order of things , life in God . We must learn to look upon time as a movement of eternity , as an undulation in the ocean of being . To live , so as to keep this con- sciousness of ours in perpetual relation with ...
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