Prejudices are the props of civilization

Quote by Andre Gide

Topics: Civilization Quotes, Prejudice Quotes

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

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

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

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging,...

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging,...

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what...

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what...

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when...

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when...

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than...

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than...

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

The belief that becomes truth for me - is that which allows me the best...

The belief that becomes truth for me - is that which allows me the best...

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does...

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does...

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary...

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary...