Astonished Quote by Andre Gide Download Open image “The wise man is astonished by anything.” — Andre Gide ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Astonished Inspirational Man Astonished Men Wisdom Wise Wise man
The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him. — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
Wise is the man who contents himself with the spectacle of the world. — Ricardo Reis Copy Share Image
The wise man contents himself with what he has, until such time as he invents something better. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
The wise man is but a clever infant, spelling letters from a hieroglyphical prophetic book, the lexicon of which lies in eternity. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“The things one feels are different about oneself are the things that are rare, that give each person their value - and these are… — André Gide Copy Share Image
I believe that in every circumstance I have been able to see rather clearly the most advantageous course I could follow, which is very… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
“There is a germ of revolt lying in the spirit of inquiry and critical curiosity.” — André Gide Copy Share Image
Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
God lies ahead. I convince myself and constantly repeat to myself that: He depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
“Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.” — André Gide Copy Share Image
There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Envying another man's happiness is madness; you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
It is one of life's laws that as soon as one door closes another opens. But the tragedy is we look at the closed… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
There are times when phrases such as 'totally astonished' just don't do the job. I am of course delighted and honoured and, needless to… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I am astonished, disappointed, pleased with myself. I am distressed, depressed, rapturous. I am all these things at once and cannot add up the… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Young people have the advantage because they have their whole lives open to be astonished. — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
“The orb sat, exhausted and astonished. In a thousand years and more—it had never been thanked for failure.” — Debora Geary Copy Share Image
Her professors were astonished by her leaps of thought, by the finesse and elegance of her insights. She arrived at hypotheses by sheer intuition… — Deborah Eisenberg Copy Share Image
In Tasmania, an island the size of Ireland whose primeval forests astonished 19th-century Europeans, an incomprehensible ecological tragedy is being played out. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
“Her thoughts rambled, but she wasn’t daydreaming. Her senses were sharp. She caught the fall of every leaf in the garden, the rustle of… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
I was so astonished that another had penetrated so deeply into the secrets of my soul, and that he knew what I did not… — Max Muller Copy Share Image
When I saw the plane, I was absolutely astonished! Two emotions crashed over me: surging joy and crazy fear. — Abby Sunderland Copy Share Image
“To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.” — Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
I'm astonished at how readily a great many people I know, young people, have accepted a reduced economic prospect and limited freedoms in any… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
