Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

Quote by Andre Gide

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Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece...

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece...

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and...

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and...

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...

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

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.

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when...

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when...

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.

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...

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...

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another...

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another...

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

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

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

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...

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

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...

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that...

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that...

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 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...

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

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....