Mozart's joy is made of serenity, and a phrase of his music is like a calm thought; his simplicity is merely purity.… — Andre Gide 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
If only we could lean over the soul we love and see as in a mirror the image we cast! — 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
It is with fine sentiments that bad literature is made. Descend to the bottom of the well if you wish to see… — Andre Gide 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
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
If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become. — 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
Never have I been able to settle in life. Always seated askew, as if on the arm of a chair; ready to… — 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
