Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

Quote by Andre Gide

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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for...

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for...

At times is it seems that I am living my life backward, and that at...

At times is it seems that I am living my life backward, and that at...

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

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

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

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...

Prejudices are the props of civilization

Prejudices are the props of civilization

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 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 easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...

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...

Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in...

Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in...

Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness

Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness

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...

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.

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...

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,...

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

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...

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...