Andre Gide Quotes - Page 4

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• Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.

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  Unique, Joy, Preparation

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• Faith can move mountains; true: mountains of stupidity.

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  Moving, Stupidity, Doubt

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• The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.

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  Stupid, Intelligent, Men

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

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  Change, Struggle, Evil

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• A desire for truth is by no means a need for certitude and it would be unwise to confuse one with the other.

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  Honesty, Mean, Desire

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• The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

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  Art, Philosophy, History

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• Christianity, above all, consoles; but there are naturally happy souls who do not need consolation. Consequently Christianity begins by making such souls unhappy, for otherwise it would have no power over them.

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  Christian, Soul, Atheism

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• When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools.

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  Pride, Thoughtful, Intelligent

  Andre Gide (2017). “Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality”, p.305, Routledge

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• Our judgements about things vary according to the time left us to live -that we think is left us to live.

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  Maturity, Thinking, Judgement

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• One completely overcomes only what one assimilates.

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  Acceptance, Overcoming

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• Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases.

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  Responsibility, Power, Men

  "Voodoo Science". Book by Robert L.Park, p. 31,

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• I have no use for knowledge that has not been preceded by a sensation

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  Use, Sensations

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• Believe in your strength and your vision. Learn to repeat to yourself, 'It all depends on me'.

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  Believe, Responsibility, Vision

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• Understanding is the beginning of approving.

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  Understanding, Approving

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• There are admirable potentialities in every human being.

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  Admirable, Humans, Human Beings

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

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  Spiritual, Art, Creative Collaboration

  "The Millionaire Rig Veda" by Timothy James Brearton, (p. 40), 2012.

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• A work of art is an exaggeration.

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  Art, Art Is, Exaggeration

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

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  Hate, Hatred, Profit

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• Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

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  Life, Change, Long

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• When I cease to be indignant I will have begun my old age.

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  Age, Indignant, Old Age

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• How much more sensuality invites to art than does sentimentality.

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  Art, Doe, Sensuality

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• Long only for what you have.

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  Long

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• Those who have never been ill are incapable of real sympathy for a great many misfortunes

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  Sympathy, Real, Great Men

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• It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

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  Leadership, Patience, Peace

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• Man! The most complex of creatures, and for this reason the most dependant of creatures. On everything that has formed you, you may depend. Do not balk at this apparent slavery....a debtor to many, you pay for your advantages by the same number of dependencies. Understand that independence is a form of poverty; that many things claim you, that many also claim kinship with you.

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  Men, Numbers, Independence

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