Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow’s joy is possible only if today’s makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one. Andre Gide Read Quote
The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced. Andre Gide Read Quote
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. Andre Gide Read Quote
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not. Andre Gide Read Quote
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. Andre Gide Read Quote
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. Andre Gide Read Quote