Every perfect action is accompanied by pleasure. By that you can tell what you ought to do.
Andre GideThough a revolution may call itself "national," it always marks the victory of a single party.
Andre GideWe should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
Andre GideNo encounter occured that day, and I was glad of it; I took out of my pocket a little Homer I had not opened since leaving Marseilles, reread three lines of the Odyssey, learned them by heart; then, finding sufficient sustenance in their rhythm and reveling in them at leisure, I closed the book and remained, trembling, more alive than I had thought possible, my mind numb with happiness.
Andre Gide