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“He who asks of life nothing but the improvement of his own nature... is less liable than anyone else to miss and waste life.”

Henri Frederic Amiel · Nature

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Henri Frederic Amiel

It is by teaching that we teach ourselves, by relating that we observe, by affirming that we examine, by showing that we look, by writing that we think, by pumping that we draw water into the well.

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Henri Frederic Amiel

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

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Henri Frederic Amiel

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.

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Henri Frederic Amiel

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.

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