God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
ANDRE GIDEFish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
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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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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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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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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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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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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
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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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