John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9639 Henri Fr&eauted&eauteri Amiel 1821-1881 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 9639 |
| AUTHOR: | Henri Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881) |
| QUOTATION: | Only one thing is necessary: to possess God—All the senses, all the forces of the soul and of the spirit, all the exterior resources are so many open outlets to the Divinity; so many ways of tasting and of adoring God. We should be able to detach ourselves from all that is perishable and cling absolutely to the eternal and the absolute and enjoy the all else as a loan, as a usufruct…. To worship, to comprehend, to receive, to feel, to give, to act: this our law, our duty, our happiness, our heaven. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Journal. |