“There is nothing non-exclusive but the All; my end is communion with Being through the whole of Being.”

— Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Journal Intime (1882), Quotes used in the Introduction by Ward
Context: There is no repose for the mind except in the absolute; for feeling except in the infinite; for the soul except in the divine. Nothing finite is true, is interesting, is worthy to fix my attention. All that is particular is exclusive, and all that is exclusive repels me. There is nothing non-exclusive but the All; my end is communion with Being through the whole of Being.

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Swiss philosopher and poet 1821–1881

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