We become actors without realizing it, and actors without wanting to. - (Amiel, Henri Frederic - Acting and Actors)

Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious. - (Amiel, Henri Frederic - Action)

Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt. - (Amiel, Henri Frederic - Action)

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will. - (Amiel, Henri Frederic - Action)

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. - (Amiel, Henri Frederic - Age and Aging)

Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more. - (Amiel, Henri Frederic - Analysis)

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts. - (Amiel, Henri Frederic - Appreciation)

Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults --a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin. - (Amiel, Henri Frederic - Belief)

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being. - (Amiel, Henri Frederic - Change)

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is. - (Amiel, Henri Frederic - Character)

Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves. - (Amiel, Henri Frederic - Charm)

Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing. - (Amiel, Henri Frederic - Cleverness)

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life. - (Amiel, Henri Frederic - Common Sense)

Common sense is calculation applied to life. - (Amiel, Henri Frederic - Common Sense)

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion. - (Amiel, Henri Frederic - Communication)