The man who has no inner life is the slave of his surroundings
(The Journal Intime)

Henri-Frédéric Amiel

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Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.

Henri-Frédéric Amiel (The Journal Intime, 1868)

The fire which enlightens is also the fire which consumes.

Henri-Frédéric Amiel (The Journal Intime, 1851)

We only understand that which already is within us.

Henri-Frédéric Amiel (The Journal Intime, 1866)

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