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

Quote by Andre Gide

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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.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Solitude is bearable only with God

Solitude is bearable only with God

At times is it seems that I am living my life backward, and that at...

At times is it seems that I am living my life backward, and that at...

Not everyone can be an orphan.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

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...

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...

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.

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...

The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely...

The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely...

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

There is no medicine to cure hatred

There is no medicine to cure hatred

Take care that no one hates you justly.

Take care that no one hates you justly.