Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDEThe capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
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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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I can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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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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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Profound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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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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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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