To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.

Quote by Andre Gide

Topics: Reading Quotes, Travel Quotes, Writers Quotes

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...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

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...

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...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that...

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather...

In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather...

Our mind is the most valuable possession that we have. The quality of our lives...

Our mind is the most valuable possession that we have. The quality of our lives...