Amiel's Journal These days, I am trying to wrtie a diary in English every day, and this led me to google how natives write theirs. I typed 'journal' and there appeared tons of search results. While reading them, I found this amazing quote: "Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement." It was an excerpt from Journal Intime written by Henri Frederic Amiel. Recently, I have experienced quite a big disappointment and difficulties of life so this quote deeply touched my heart. It made me think about myself and encouraged me to get over whatever it is and move on. Consequetly, I downloaded the book on my Kindle and started reading. Whoa! What a long preface! Besides, It's definitely not easy to read! But, I will keep reading it following his another saying. "Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty."