Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented. — Andre Gide Depression Copy Share Image
Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
“Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.” — André Gide Doubt Copy Share Image
“After much searching I have found the thing that sets me apart: a sort of stubborn attachment to evil.” — André Gide Evil Copy Share Image
Let every emotion be capable becoming an intoxication to you. If what you eat fails to make you drunk, it is because… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
The belief that becomes truth for me... is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of… — Andre Gide Action Copy Share Image
The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient… — Andre Gide Combat Copy Share Image
To be sure, theory is useful. But without warmth of heart and without love it bruises the very ones it claims to… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Those who have never been ill are incapable of real sympathy for a great many misfortunes — Andre Gide Great man Copy Share Image
The novelist does not long to see the lion eat grass. He realizes that one and the same God created the wolf… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
The artist who is after success lets himself be influenced by the public. Generally such an artist contributes nothing new, for the… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
To understand is nothing, but to be understood-that is the problem and the source of anguish. The soul throbs and would have… — Andre Gide Anguish Copy Share Image
Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in which the parents do not act in… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the… — Andre Gide Art Copy Share Image
Obsessions of the Orient, of the desert, of its ardor and its emptiness, of the shadows of palm gardens, of the garments… — Andre Gide Ardor Copy Share Image
Then you think that one can keep a hopeless love in one's heart for so long as that?...And that life can breathe… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone. — Andre Gide Being single Copy Share Image
The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome. — Andre Gide Art Copy Share Image
When everything belongs to everyone, nobody will take care of anything. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions. — Andre Gide Life Copy Share Image
Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys. — Andre Gide Every moment Copy Share Image
