God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
ANDRE GIDEThere are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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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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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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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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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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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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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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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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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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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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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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Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
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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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