Henri Frederic Amiel Passion Quotations

The thirst for truth is not a French passion

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.

A man without passion is only a latent force, only a possibility, like a stone waiting for the blow from the iron to give forth sparks

Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

If ignorance and passion are the foes of popular morality, it must be confessed that moral indifference is the malady of the cultivated classes.

Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.

Men prefer the false due to habit, passion, will. Preference for truth is rare. Men are ruled by their fear of truth.

The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.