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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective. ↗

— Andre Gide

#except #leads #never #objective #path

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves. ↗

— Andre Gide

#finding #knowing #only #people #some

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

— Andre Gide

#hated #loved #something #than #you

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

— Andre Gide

#discover #does #lands #long #long time

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable. ↗

— Andre Gide

#done #exists #faithful #indispensable #make

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. ↗

— Andre Gide

#combat #direct #easier #labors #lead

Unlike then, the mail stream of today has diminished by such things as e-mails and faxes and cell phones and text messages, largely electronic means of communication that replace mail. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#cell phones #communication #diminished #e-mails #electronic

One never sleepwalks through grizzlyland, dreaming of other places to be. ↗

— William Stolzenburg

#death

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one. ↗

— Andre Gide

#each #joy #line #loyalty #makes

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. ↗

— Andre Gide

#been #begins #created #ever #great