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. – Andre Gide
The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity. – Andre Gide
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. – Andre Gide
The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity. – Andre Gide
No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond. – Andre Gide
Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrows joy is possible only if todays makes way for it that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one. – Andre Gide
Let us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take for granted the freedom to travel, to study, to work abroad. And the citizens of one country have almost exactly the same rights as another country. – Jose Manuel Barroso