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Alienation1 quote
To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand; it is the cruelest trial reserved for self-devotion; it is what must have oftenest wrung the heart of the Son of man; and if God could suffer, it would be the wound we should be forever inflicting upon Him. He also-He above all-is the great misunderstood, the least comprehended. — Henri-Frederic Amiel · 1849Inner life1 quote
The man who has no inner life is a slave to his surroundings. — Henri-Frederic Amiel · 1883Thinking for oneself1 quote
The man who has no inner life is a slave to his surroundings. — Henri-Frederic Amiel · 1883