Books Quote by André Gide

Without mysticism man can achieve nothing great.

— Andre Gide

“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

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

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

“There is a germ of revolt lying in the spirit of inquiry and critical curiosity.”

— André Gide

Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves!

— Andre Gide

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

“Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.”

— André Gide

There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.

— Andre Gide

Envying another man's happiness is madness; you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it.

— Andre Gide

So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.

— Andre Gide

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