André Gide

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

It is better to fail at your own life than to succeed at someone else’s.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.

A man’s character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

I don’t know anybody so old he can’t do something useful. Just give them a chance and see.

You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past — whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever.

It doesn’t matter how slow you go as long as you don’t stop.

You, and only you, choose how you feel.

Grief never mended no broken bones.

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

You deserve to give yourself the same love that you give to everyone else.

Oh, everybody wears a mask. We all put our best foot forward. We all try and make a statement, I’m not saying that’s bad.

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their life’s blood. But everyone has something to give.

You don’t need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich.

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.

If a girl have beef with me, she gon’ have beef with me forever.

The most dangerous notion a young man can acquire is that there is no more room for originality. There is no large room for anything else.