Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
ANDRE GIDETo know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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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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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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