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Quotes by Andre Gide

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
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The most decisive actions in our life... are most often unconsidered actions.

Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
 
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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
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There are admirable potentialities in every human being.  Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself: "It all depends on me."

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Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

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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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Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly.

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It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.

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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.

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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

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