Henri Frederic Amiel Love Quotations

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Love is faith and one faith leads to another.

Hope is only the love of life.

The more a man loves, the more he suffers. The sum of possible grief for each soul is in proportion to its degree of perfection.

Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.

True love is that which ennobles the personality, fortifies the heart, and sanctifies the existence.

Knowledge, love, power-there is the complete life.

To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand.

Philosophy starts with doubt and loves only truth.

Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Men don't achieve truth because they lack humility and love of truth. They won't criticize their own beliefs. Truth would overwhelm them.

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.

Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.