Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“Only be at peace with self, live in the presence of God, in communion with Him, and leave the guidance of existence to those universal powers against whom thou canst do nothing!”
- Source
- Amiel's Journal
- Date
- 1848
- English wording
- Mary Augusta Ward — Translator · from French
Meaning of “Only be at peace with self, live in…”
Amiel combines inward reconciliation with surrender of what cannot be controlled, describing peace as a practice of self-settlement, faith, and release rather than total command over events.
Where does it come from?
Amiel's Journal, entry dated July 16, 1848, in Mary Augusta Ward’s public-domain English translation of selections from Journal Intime.
