Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness. — Andre Gide Happiness Copy Share Image
It is only through restraint that man can manage not to suppress himself. — Andre Gide Manage Copy Share Image
What I dislike least in my former self are the moments of prayer. — Andre Gide Dislike 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… — Andre Gide Closed door Copy Share Image
We no longer admit any other truth than that which is expedient; for there is no worse error than the truth that… — Andre Gide Arms Copy Share Image
To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom. — Andre Gide Arduous Copy Share Image
Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a… — Andre Gide Existence Copy Share Image
Generally among intelligent people are found nothing but paralytics and among men of action nothing but fools. — Andre Gide Action Copy Share Image
The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers the most from its own limitations. — Andre Gide Intelligence Copy Share Image
Actions whose motives he cannot understand that is, actions not prompted by the hope of profit. — Andre Gide Action 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 Art Copy Share Image
“But I think there comes a point in love, a unique moment which later on the soul seeks in vain to surpass,… — André Gide Happiness Copy Share Image
In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the… — Andre Gide Compare Copy Share Image
The reasons that drive me to write are many and the most important are the most secret, I think. Perhaps most of… — Andre Gide Death Copy Share Image
Man is extraordinarily clever in preventing himself from being happy; it would seem that the less able he is to endure misfortune… — Andre Gide Able 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… — Andre Gide Able Copy Share Image
Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so… — Andre Gide Banality Copy Share Image
In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true… — Andre Gide Country Copy Share Image
Christianity, above all, consoles; but there are naturally happy souls who do not need consolation. Consequently Christianity begins by making such souls… — Andre Gide Atheism Copy Share Image
I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves — Andre Gide Cultivating Copy Share Image
The abominable effort to take one’s sins with one to paradise. — Andre Gide Abominable Copy Share Image
The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes. — Andre Gide Beautiful Copy Share Image
To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it. — Andre Gide Love truth Copy Share Image
Drunkenness is never anything but a substitute for happiness. — Andre Gide Drunkenness Copy Share Image
