In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself.

Quote by Andre Gide

Topics: Finding Yourself Quotes

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

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

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

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

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...

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

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...

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in...

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in...

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.

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 only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back...

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...

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.