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Do not despise your situation; in it you must act, suffer, and conquer. From every point on earth we are equally near to heaven and to the infinite.

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Men of genius supply the substance of history, while the mass of men are but the critical filter, the limiting, slackening, passive force needed for the modification of ideas supplied by genius.

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Every situation is an equilibrium of forces; every life is a struggle between opposing forces working within the limits of a certain equilibrium

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At bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul - HOPE

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Our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be.

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Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
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Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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Born: September 27, 1821
Died: May 11, 1881 (aged 59)
Bio: Henri Frédéric Amiel was a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic.
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If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.

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I have a heart with room for every joy.

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Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive.

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A great change in life is like a cold bath in winter — we all hesitate at the first plunge.

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