“El hombre no puede descubrir nuevos océanos a menos que tenga el coraje de perder de vista la costa.” — André Gide Amor 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
To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with… — Andre Gide Books Copy Share Image
It is with fine sentiments that bad literature is made. Descend to the bottom of the well if you wish to see… — Andre Gide Books Copy Share Image
Our deeds attach themselves to us like the flame to phosphorus. They constitute our brilliance, to be sure, but only in so… — Andre Gide Action Copy Share Image
The loveliest creations of men are persistently painful. What would be the description of happiness? — Andre Gide Creation Copy Share Image
What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told. — Andre Gide Happiness Copy Share Image
“I hated the homes, the families, all the places where man thinks to find rest.” — André Gide Family Copy Share Image
From the satisfaction of desire there may arise, accompanying joy and as it were sheltering behind it, something not unlike despair. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
What eludes logic is the most precious element in us, and one can draw nothing from a syllogism that the mind has… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself. — Andre Gide Belief Copy Share Image
By the time a philospher answers a question weve usually forgotten what was asked. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
“It is better to be hated for what you are than be loved for something you are not.” — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
“What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.” — Andre Gide Happiness Copy Share Image
We live counterfeit lives in order to resemble the idea we first had of ourselves. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! — Andre Gide Change Copy Share Image
The miser puts his gold pieces into a coffer; but as soon as the coffer is closed, it is as if it… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Other people's appetites easily appear excessive when one doesn't share them. — Andre Gide Appetite Copy Share Image
Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. — Andre Gide Art Copy Share Image
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. — Andre Gide Art Copy Share Image
Each of us really understands in others only those feelings he is capable of producing himself. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
In other people's company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring... — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Most often it happens that one attributes to others only the feelings of which one is capable oneself. — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. — Andre Gide Courage Copy Share Image
