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.

Quote by Andre Gide

Topics: Mind Quotes

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...

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

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...

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...

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

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...

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...

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

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

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

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...

Solitude is bearable only with God

Solitude is bearable only with God

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

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...

By the time a philospher answers a question weve usually forgotten what was asked.

By the time a philospher answers a question weve usually forgotten what was asked.

Therefore is a word the poet must not know.

Therefore is a word the poet must not know.

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...

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

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.

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

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

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.