Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDEWelcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Dare to be yourself.
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The color of truth is gray.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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