More from André Gide
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
Andre Gide in: timothy James Brearton The Millionaire Rig Veda, Lulu.com, p. 40There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
More about freedom
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826Letter to William Stephens Smith (13 November 1787). Manuscript at the Library of Congress.The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
John Philpot Curran1750–1817Often credited to Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin1706–1790This was first used by Franklin for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its “Reply to the Governor” (November 11, 1755) Reply to the Governor