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To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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