The most decisive actions of our life—I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future—are, more often than not, unconsidered.

About André Gide

André Paul Guillaume Gide (French: [ɑ̃dʁe pɔl ɡijom ʒid]; 22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author whose writing spanned a wide variety of styles and topics. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to...

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Dare to be yourself.

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Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain.

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Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself—and thus make yourself indispensable.

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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

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There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

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The most decisive actions of our life - I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future - are, more often than not, unconsidered.