The bad novelist constructs his characters; he directs them and makes them speak. The true novelist listens to them and watches them… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
I would like the events never to be told directly by the author, but rather to be introduced (and several times, from… — 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 Copy Share Image
The finest virtues can become deformed with age. The precise mind becomes finicky; the thrifty man, miserly; the cautious man, timorous; the… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
I can't expect others to share my virtues. It's good enough for me if they share my vices. — Andre Gide 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
