One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
ANDRE GIDEI can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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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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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
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Dare to be yourself.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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