Andre Gide

Sin is whatever obscures the soul. ”

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced. ”

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

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress. ”

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. ”

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company. ”

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. ”

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

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told. ”

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness. ”