I believe that in every circumstance I have been able to see rather clearly the most advantageous course I could follow, which is very rarely the one I did follow.
Andre GideChristianity, 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.
Andre GideThe pettiness of a mind can be measured by the pettiness of its adoration or its blasphemy.
Andre GideThrow away my book: you must understand that it represents only one of a thousand attitudes. You must find your own. If someone else could have done something as well as you, donโt do it. If someone else could have said something as well as you, donโt say itโor written something as well as you, donโt write it. Grow fond only of that which you can find nowhere but in yourself, and create out of yourself, impatiently or patiently, ah! that most irreplaceable of beings.
Andre Gide