“On ne découvre pas de terre nouvelle sans consentir à perdre de vue, d'abord et longtemps, tout rivage. (One doesn't discover new… — André 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 Copy Share Image
“We who would seek new land must be willing to sacrifice the sight of shore for a long, long time.” — André Gide Copy Share Image
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore. — 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
