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Category: André Gide

The world will be saved by one or two people.

Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.

It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.

self, acceptance

We live counterfeit lives in order to resemble the idea we first had of ourselves.

Nothing is good for everyone but only relatively to some people.

What I dislike least in my former self are the moments of prayer.

Man’s responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases.

In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future.

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

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

To win one’s joy through struggle is better than to yield to melancholy.

One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything and consequently get nothing.