Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue. – Andre Gide
The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity. – Andre Gide

Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue. – Andre Gide
The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity. – Andre Gide
Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon. – Andre Gide
Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! – Andre Gide