Inspiration Quote by André Gide — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Yet I'm sure there's something more to be read in a man. People dare not -- they dare not turn the page. The laws of mimicry -- I call them the laws of fear. People are afraid to find themselves alone, and don't find themselves at all. I hate this moral agoraphobia -- it's the worst kind of cowardice. You can't create something without being alone. But who's trying to create here? What seems different in yourself: that's the one rare thing you possess, the one thing which gives each of us his worth; and that's just what we try to suppress. We imitate. And we claim to love life.”

“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.”

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

“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”

“The most decisive actions of our life... are most often unconsidered actions.”

“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.”

“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”

“The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.”

“He who talks more is sooner exhausted.”

“There are no failures, just experiences and your reactions to them.”

“Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.”

“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.”