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: Future Quotes, Joy Quotes, Mind Quotes, Past Quotes, Time Quotes

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

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

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

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...

Understanding is the beginning of approving

Understanding is the beginning of approving

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.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another...

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

Prejudices are the props of civilization

Prejudices are the props of civilization

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...

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...

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

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

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

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

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...

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for...

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for...