Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page 11
... ideal . Spite is anger which is afraid to show itself , it is an impotent fury conscious of its impotence . Nothing resembles pride so much as dis- couragement . To repel one's cross is to make it heavier . In the conduct of life ...
... ideal . Spite is anger which is afraid to show itself , it is an impotent fury conscious of its impotence . Nothing resembles pride so much as dis- couragement . To repel one's cross is to make it heavier . In the conduct of life ...
Page 18
... ideal of it . A companion of my life , of my work , of my thoughts , of my hopes ; within , a common worship , towards the world out- side , kindness and beneficence ; educations to undertake , the thousand and one moral relations which ...
... ideal of it . A companion of my life , of my work , of my thoughts , of my hopes ; within , a common worship , towards the world out- side , kindness and beneficence ; educations to undertake , the thousand and one moral relations which ...
Page 19
... ideal poisons for me all imperfect possession . Everything which compromises the future or destroys my inner liberty , which enslaves me to things or obliges me to be other than I could and ought to be , all which injures my idea of the ...
... ideal poisons for me all imperfect possession . Everything which compromises the future or destroys my inner liberty , which enslaves me to things or obliges me to be other than I could and ought to be , all which injures my idea of the ...
Page 23
... ideal . But the ideal differs , if not by its content , at least by the disposition of its content , by the predominance and sovereignty given to this or that inner power . For one , the mind is the organ of the soul ; for the other ...
... ideal . But the ideal differs , if not by its content , at least by the disposition of its content , by the predominance and sovereignty given to this or that inner power . For one , the mind is the organ of the soul ; for the other ...
Page 30
... ideal of humanity is some- thing different and higher . But the animal in us must be satisfied first , and we must first banish from among us all suffering which is superfluous and has its origin in social arrangements , before we can ...
... ideal of humanity is some- thing different and higher . But the animal in us must be satisfied first , and we must first banish from among us all suffering which is superfluous and has its origin in social arrangements , before we can ...
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adore ćsthetics Amiel Atheism beauty become believe charm Châteaubriand Christianity Church conscience consciousness critical death desire destiny divine doubt dream duty eternal everything evil existence faith feel force France Freethinkers Freethought French friends Geneva Genevese Genghis Khan genius George Sand German give Goethe happiness harmony heart heaven HENRI-FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL hope human idea ideal illusion imagination impression individual infinite inner instinct intellectual Journal Intime justice kind labour Liberal Christianity liberty literary literature contrasted living Madame de Staël Maine de Biran matter melancholy ment mind monad moral mystery nature ness never once one's oneself ourselves passion peace Pensées perfection philosophy poet poetry possess realise reality religion religious Rousseau Sainte-Beuve Scherer Schopenhauer secret seems sense Shibboleth society soul speak spirit talent things thought tion true truth understand universal Victor Cherbuliez Victor Hugo victory whole word writer