#naive

There are few things worse than mistaking an enemy for a friend. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#enemy #false-friends #friends #friendship #friendship-quotes

Every true genius is bound to be naive. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#bound #every #genius #naive #true

Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur. ↗

— Alfred Eisenstaedt

#amateur #approach #away #creative #creative spirit

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path. ↗

— André Gide

#love #naivety #love

Sounds naive respecting someone who doesn't give a shit about you. ↗

— Toba Beta

#respect #respect

It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if you want something badly enough, it is your God-given right to have it. ↗

— Jon Krakauer

#inexperience #krakauer #mccandless #naivete #youth

One should use common words to say uncommon things ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#naivete #simplicity #writing #simplicity

He might have been naive, but he didn't care; he said he's rather die with his heart on his sleeve than end up another cynic. ↗

— Colum McCann

#naive #cynicism

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#forgive #naive #neither #nor #stupid

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#artist #be grateful #beyond #grace #grateful