It is the special quality of love not to be able to remain stationary, to be obliged to increase under pain of… — Andre Gide Able Copy Share Image
The most beaten paths are certainly the surest, but do not hope to start much game on them. — Andre Gide Beaten path Copy Share Image
The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they… — Andre Gide Important Copy Share Image
“The very things that separated me and distinguished me from other people were what mattered; the very things no one else would… — André Gide Copy Share Image
The itch is a mean, unconfessable, ridiculous malady; one can pity someone who is suffering ; someone who wants to scratch himself… — Andre Gide Disease Copy Share Image
The loveliest creations of men are persistently painful. What would be the description of happiness? — Andre Gide Creation Copy Share Image
One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything, and… — Andre Gide Desire Copy Share Image
If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become. — Andre Gide Ifs Copy Share Image
“It is better to be hated for what you are than be loved for something you are not.” — Andre Gide Hated Copy Share Image
The great artist is one whom constraint exalts, for whom the obstacle is a springboard. — Andre Gide Art Copy Share Image
The difficulty comes from this, that Christianity (Christian orthodoxy) is exclusive and that belief in its truth excludes belief in any other… — Andre Gide Belief Copy Share Image
What I dislike least in my former self are the moments of prayer. — Andre Gide Dislike Copy Share Image
The very act of sacrifice magnifies the one who sacrifices himself to the point where his sacrifice is much more costly to… — Andre Gide Abnegation Copy Share Image
The true return to nature is the definitive return to the elements-death. — Andre Gide Death Copy Share Image
I prefer granting with a good grace what I know I shan't be able to prevent. — Andre Gide Able Copy Share Image
“Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It's their way of falling.” — André Gide Copy Share Image
The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms… — Andre Gide Aphorism Copy Share Image
Those who have never been ill are incapable of real sympathy for a great many misfortunes — Andre Gide Great man Copy Share Image
To win ones joy through struggle is better than to yield to melancholy. — Andre Gide Happiness Copy Share Image
The individual man tries to escape the race. And as soon as he ceases to represent the race, he represents man. — Andre Gide Cease Copy Share Image
There's a law in life: whenever a door closes, a new one will open. — Andre Gide Doors Copy Share Image
It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. — Andre Gide Age Copy Share Image
