What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
ANDRE GIDEWelcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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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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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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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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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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The color of truth is gray.
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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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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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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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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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