"One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything and consequently get nothing."
- Andre Gide
"To win one's joy through struggle is better than to yield to melancholy."
"In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other..."
"Our judgements about things vary according to the time left us to live -that we think is left us to live."
"Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented."
"Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases."
"What I dislike least in my former self are the moments of prayer."
"Nothing is good for everyone but only relatively to some people."
"We live counterfeit lives in order to resemble the idea we first had of ourselves."