There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
ANDRE GIDEWelcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
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You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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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 those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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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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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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