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

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

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.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

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.

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...

Prejudices are the props of civilization

Prejudices are the props of civilization

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...

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...

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...

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.

The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.

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,...

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.

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.

Solitude is bearable only with God

Solitude is bearable only with God

Understanding is the beginning of approving

Understanding is the beginning of approving

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I...

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I...

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the...

He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the...

A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure...

A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure...