Dreams are excursions into the limbo of things, a semi-deliverance from the human prison. – Henri Amiel
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. – Henri Amiel
There is no curing a sick man who believes himself to be in health. – Henri Amiel
To me the ideal doctor would be a man endowed with profound knowledge of life and of the soul, intuitively divining any suffering or disorder of whatever kind, and restoring peace by his mere presence. – Henri Amiel
Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right. The earth is given as a common stock for man to labor and live on. The small landowners are the most precious part of a state. – Thomas Jefferson