Henri-Frédéric Amiel Quote

What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which, generally speaking, decides the whole future of an existence. One single black speck may be the beginning of gangrene, of a storm, of a revolution.


Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel (ed. 1896)


What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which,...

What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which,...

What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which,...

What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which,...