It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

Quote by Andre Gide

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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 color of truth is gray.

The color of truth is gray.

It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre...

It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre...

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...

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...

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...

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what...

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what...

The belief that becomes truth for me - is that which allows me the best...

The belief that becomes truth for me - is that which allows me the best...

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...

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes

Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long

Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.