Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.

Quote by Andre Gide

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Not everyone can be an orphan.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

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.

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...

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

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...

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...

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...

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...

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

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

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

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...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only...

To understand your parents' love bear your own children.

To understand your parents' love bear your own children.