What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told. — Andre Gide Happiness Copy Share Image
The individual never asserts himself more than when he forgets himself. — Andre Gide Forget Copy Share Image
No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one… — Andre Gide Theory Copy Share Image
Humanity cherishes its swaddling clothes; but it shall not grow up unless it can free itself from them. Turning down his mother's… — Andre Gide Breasts Copy Share Image
Money cannot buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable. Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of… — Andre Gide Can money buy happiness Copy Share Image
I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The… — Andre Gide Friendship Copy Share Image
Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences. — Andre Gide Admirable Copy Share Image
I have never produced anything good except by a long succession of slight efforts. — Andre Gide Crafts Copy Share Image
Drunkenness is never anything but a substitute for happiness. — Andre Gide Drunkenness Copy Share Image
True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others. — Andre Gide Empathy Copy Share Image
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not -Andre Gide — Andre Gide Be yourself Copy Share Image
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient… — Andre Gide Combat Copy Share Image
We call "happiness" a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible. But we call joy that state of mind and emotions… — Andre Gide Certain Copy Share Image
“For what use is it to forbid what we can't prevent? If books are forbidden, children read them on the sly.” — André Gide Books Copy Share Image
Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all. — Andre Gide God Copy Share Image
Laws and rules of conduct are for the state of childhood; education is an emancipation. — Andre Gide Childhood Copy Share Image
The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the… — Andre Gide Art Copy Share Image
It would be wisest not to worry too much about the sterile periods. They ventilate the subject and instill into it the… — Andre Gide Daily life Copy Share Image
When you have nothing to say, or to hide, there is no need to be prudent. — Andre Gide Inspirational Copy Share Image
One is always wrong to open a conversation with the devil, for, however he goes about it, he always insists upon having… — Andre Gide Always wrong 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 Becoming Copy Share Image
