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Christianity1 quote
The whole effect of Christianity was to transfer the drama onto the moral plane. — Andre Gide · 1925Courage1 quote
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. — Andre Gide · 1925Discovery1 quote
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. — Andre Gide · 1925Emotions1 quote
In the realm of the emotions, the real is indistinguishable from the imaginary. — Andre Gide · 1925Empathy1 quote
True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the sufferings and joys of others. — Andre Gide · 1959Happiness1 quote
Ah, this, that we call happiness, how intimate a part of the soul it is, and of what little importance are the outside elements which seem to go to its making! — Andre Gide · 1909Inflection points1 quote
The most decisive actions of our life-I mean those that our most likely to decide the whole course of our future-are more often than not, unconsidered. — Andre Gide · 1926Kindness1 quote
True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the sufferings and joys of others. — Andre Gide · 1959Taking risks1 quote
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. — Andre Gide · 1925