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

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

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...

Solitude is bearable only with God

Solitude is bearable only with God

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 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.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the...

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the...

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Understanding is the beginning of approving

Understanding is the beginning of approving

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.

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...

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 true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who...

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who...

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...

The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely...

The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely...

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the...

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the...

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

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

Not necessarily reputation, rank, societal position or status,but the happiness and enjoyment that a person...

Not necessarily reputation, rank, societal position or status,but the happiness and enjoyment that a person...