Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else. – Andre Gide
The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities…. I listen to them and they go away delighted. – 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
A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective. – Andre Gide
Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade – and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity. – George Soros