All Andre Gide Quotes
- Pay attention only to the form; emotion will come spontaneously to inhabit it. A perfect dwelling place always finds an inhabitant. Always Finds
- The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea. Art
- Woe to these people who have no appetite for the very dish that their age serves up. Age
- Chastity more rarely follows fear, or a resolution, or a vow, than it is the mere effect of lack of appetite and, sometimes even, of… Appetite
- Too chaste an adolescence makes for a dissolute old age. It is doubtless easier to give up something one has known than something one imagines. Adolescence
- Christianity, above all, consoles; but there are naturally happy souls who do not need consolation. Consequently Christianity begins by making such souls unhappy, for otherwise… All
- The difficulty comes from this, that Christianity (Christian orthodoxy) is exclusive and that belief in its truth excludes belief in any other truth. It does… Absorb
- I believe that in every circumstance I have been able to see rather clearly the most advantageous course I could follow, which is very rarely… Able
- Other people's appetites easily appear excessive when one doesn't share them. Appear
- One is always wrong to open a conversation with the devil, for, however he goes about it, he always insists upon having the last word. Always Insists
- Laws and rules of conduct are for the state of childhood; education is an emancipation. Childhood
- Most often it happens that one attributes to others only the feelings of which one is capable oneself. Attributes
- God lies ahead. I convince myself and constantly repeat to myself that: He depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved. Achieved
- The miser puts his gold pieces into a coffer; but as soon as the coffer is closed, it is as if it were empty. Closed
- The individual person is more interesting than people in general; he and not they is the one whom God created in His image. Created
- The individual man tries to escape the race. And as soon as he ceases to represent the race, he represents man. Ceases
- Generally among intelligent people are found nothing but paralytics and among men of action nothing but fools. Action
- It is only through restraint that man can manage not to suppress himself. Man
- How do you know that the fruit is ripe? Simply because it leaves the branch. Branch
- The true return to nature is the definitive return to the elements-death. Death