Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death — Andre Gide Death Copy Share Image
To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it. — Andre Gide Oneself Copy Share Image
The loveliest creations of men are persistently painful. What would be the description of happiness? Nothing, except what prepares and then what… — Andre Gide Creation Copy Share Image
Through fear of resembling one another, through horror of having to submit, through uncertainty as well, through skepticism and complexity, there is… — Andre Gide Agnosticism 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
The finest virtues can become deformed with age. The precise mind becomes finicky; the thrifty man, miserly; the cautious man, timorous; the… — Andre Gide Age Copy Share Image
The anxiety we have for the figure we cut, for our personage, is constantly cropping out. We are showing off and are… — Andre Gide Anxiety 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
Every perfect action is accompanied by pleasure. By that you can tell what you ought to do. — Andre Gide Action Copy Share Image
Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone. — Andre Gide Being single Copy Share Image
The truth is, I hoped the cure would dislike me. I tried to think of disagreeable things to say to him --… — Andre Gide Charming Copy Share Image
Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself- and thus make yourself indispensable. — Andre Gide Being faithful 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
An unprejudiced mind is probably the rarest thing in the world; to nonprejudice I attach the greatest value. — Andre Gide Mind Copy Share Image
You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not being anything else. — Andre Gide Answers Copy Share Image
I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves — Andre Gide Cultivating Copy Share Image
Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands… — Andre Gide Beauty Copy Share Image
