Quote by Henri Frederic Amiel

The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings.

The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings

Summary

This quote emphasizes the significance of having an inner-life or personal reflection. It suggests that individuals who are disconnected from their inner thoughts and feelings are bound by external influences, unable to fully explore their true selves. Without an inner-life, one loses self-awareness and becomes reliant on the opinions and expectations of their surroundings, essentially becoming a slave to societal pressures. This quote underscores the importance of cultivating self-reflection and developing an internal world to resist conformity and retain personal agency.

Topics

Life

By Henri Frederic Amiel

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I attach the greatest importance to an amplification of the

I attach the greatest importance to an amplification of the peace efforts in the Middle East. I would also like to see a greater dialogue between the U.S. and the EU.

Francois Hollande

Peace

You can't have a university without having free speech, even

You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, they're not going to hear them in America. I believe it's part of their education.

Education

True patriotism is not worship of our nation but rather, in

True patriotism is not worship of our nation but rather, in the light of our worship of the God of justice, to conform our nation's ways of justice.

Robert McAfee Brown

Patriotism Inspirational Christianity

Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When h

Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on all his auxiliary organs, he is truly magnificent but those organs have not grown on him and they still give him much trouble at times.

God

I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved b

I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they've done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction.

Funny

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.

Calvin Coolidge

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change t

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

Change

I don't think that fundamentalism has anything to do with Je

I don't think that fundamentalism has anything to do with Jesus Christ. They call themselves Christians, but if that's Christian, count me out. Fundamentalism is built on fear and greed. They're telling you to give them your money otherwise you're going to hell.

Fear

You don't have to twist my arm to work.

You don't have to twist my arm to work.

Work

Most of us spend the first six days of each week sowing wild

Most of us spend the first six days of each week sowing wild oats; then we go to church on Sunday and pray for a crop failure.

Christianity

Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for Ameri

Most of my adult life I had this towering contempt for America.

Voice of one, voice of none.

Voice of one, voice of none.

Italian Proverb