Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one.

Quote by Andre Gide

Topics: Mind Quotes

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...

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who...

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who...

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...

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

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.

Therefore is a word the poet must not know.

Therefore is a word the poet must not know.

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...

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than...

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than...

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...

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

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

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...

Not everyone can be an orphan.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

The difference between mind and brain is not a difference of quality, but a difference...

The difference between mind and brain is not a difference of quality, but a difference...

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.

The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.