The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities.... I listen to them and they go away delighted.
Andre GideEvery instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
Andre Gide"Let the dead bury the dead." There is not a single word of Christ to which the Christian religion has paid less attention.
Andre Gide