Journals of Henri Frédéric Amiel 1821-1881
Channel: Craig Campbell
Date: 2016-11-19

Berlin, 16th July 1848 There is but one thing needful-to possess God. Amiel's Journal

Henri Frederic Amiel kept a personal private journal from1839 – April 19, 1881 which was written in the style of Pascal with his Penses (Thoughts). His monumental journal or diary of 17,000 pages (16,847 exactly), was published after his death in 1881. Mary Augusta Ward translated it into English in 2 volumes in 1885. Richard Burton 1821-1890 chose the excepts that were made part of The Library of the World's Greatest Literature published in 1897 and edited by Charles Dudley Warner.  

Amiel sounds like he influenced Friedrich Nietzsche 1844-1900. I think they both sound like Soren Kierkegaard, another journalist.

Here's a link to volume 1 translated by Ward.
https://archive.org/stream/amielsjournal01amieiala#page/n7/mode/2up