"The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings." ― Henri Frederic Amiel Topic(s): Life More From Henri Frederic Amiel "Society lives by faith, and develops by science." "Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts." "Sympathy is the first condition of criticism." More In Life "Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison."― Mahatma Gandhi "A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror."― Sigmund Freud "The person lives twice who lives the first life well."― Robert Herrick