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

Quote by Andre Gide

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I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

Solitude is bearable only with God

Solitude is bearable only with God

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...

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

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

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

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

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

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary...

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary...

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does...

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does...

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

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...

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

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...

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.

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

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