Clear and precise ideas are the most dangerous, for one does not dare to change them. — Andre 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
Atheism. There is not a single exalting and emancipating influence that does not in turn become inhibitory. — 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 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 most subtle art, the strongest and deepest art - supreme art - is the one that does not at first allow… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
The difficulty comes from this, that Christianity (Christian orthodoxy) is exclusive and that belief in its truth excludes belief in any other… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! And without too many… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
An artist cannot get along without a public; and when the public is absent, what does he do? He invents it, and… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
An opinion, though it is original, does not necessarily differ from the accepted opinion; the important thing is that it does not… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
The only really Christian art is that which, like St. Francis, does not fear being wedded to poverty. This rises far above… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
If the flower were not attached to its stem, it would flee at the approach of man, like the insect or the… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Humanity cherishes its swaddling clothes; but it shall not grow up unless it can free itself from them. Turning down his mother's… — 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
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
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
“There is a germ of revolt lying in the spirit of inquiry and critical curiosity.” — André Gide Copy Share
Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! — Andre Gide Copy Share
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
There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them. — Andre Gide Copy Share
Envying another man's happiness is madness; you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it. — Andre Gide Copy Share
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
“What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.” — Andre Gide Copy Share
