I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.

Quote by Andre Gide

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The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit...

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit...

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...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

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.

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

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

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image....

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image....

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

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...

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

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

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...

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory...

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory...

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...

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your truth....

There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your truth....

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for...

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for...

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through...

Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through...

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.