Amiel, Henri-Frédéric

"Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius."

"Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious."

"A belief is not true because it is useful."

"Charm: the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves." - Journal intime

"Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing." - Journal intime

"An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains." - Journal intime