Andre Gide

Let every emotion be capable becoming an intoxication to you. If what you eat fails to make you drunk, it is because you are not hungry enough.

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. 

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

The color of truth is gray.

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.

Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself — and thus make yourself indispensable