I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun-warmed, flower-bordered path.

Quote by Andre Gide

Topics: Famous Love Quotes, Love Quotes

Understanding is the beginning of approving

Understanding is the beginning of approving

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....

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

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

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

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.

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

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

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...

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,...

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Prejudices are the props of civilization

Prejudices are the props of civilization

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

Not everyone can be an orphan.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

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.