“Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.”— André Gide, Pretexts (1964), "An Unprejudiced Mind," p. 311Share
“At times it seems to me that I am living my life backwards, and that at the approach of old age my real youth will begin.”— André GideShare
“Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself — and thus make yourself indispensable.”— André GideShare
“The young have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations.”— AristotleShare
“You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.”— C.S. LewisShare
“The consciousness of life is higher than life, the knowledge of the laws of happiness is higher than happiness.”— Fyodor DostoevskyShare
“Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.”— Eleanor RooseveltShare
“Life consists in the alternate process of learning and unlearning; but it is often wiser to unlearn than to learn.”— Edward Bulwer-LyttonShare
“I could give you no advice but this: to go into yourself and to explore the depths where your life wells forth.”— Rainer Maria RilkeShare
