André (Paul Guillaume) Gide, 1869-1951
was a French critic, essayist, and novelist
The most decisive actions of our life — I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future — are, more often than not, unconsidered.
Isaac Bashevis Singer, 1904-1991
was an US (Polish-born) Jewish author
We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.