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78 Best Andre Gide Quotes (French Author)

posted on October 18, 2021

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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
— Andre Gide

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.— Andre Gide

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.
— Andre Gide

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.— Andre Gide

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
— Andre Gide

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.— Andre Gide

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
— Andre Gide

Everything has been said before but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and begin all over again.— Andre Gide

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
— Andre Gide

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.— Andre Gide

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
— Andre Gide

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.— Andre Gide

Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
— Andre Gide

Art begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.— Andre Gide

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
— Andre Gide

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist and the less the artist does the better.— Andre Gide

The color of truth is gray.
— Andre Gide

The color of truth is gray.— Andre Gide

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
— Andre Gide

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.— Andre Gide

68 Best Andre Gide Quotes

He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
— Andre Gide

He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.— Andre Gide

Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
— Andre Gide

Envying another mans happiness is madness you wouldnt know what to do with it if you had it.— Andre Gide

The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
— Andre Gide

The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.— Andre Gide

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
— Andre Gide

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.— Andre Gide

There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
— Andre Gide

There is a law in life when one door closes to us another one opens.— Andre Gide

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.
— Andre Gide

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.— Andre Gide

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
— Andre Gide

To know how to free oneself is nothing the arduous thing is to know what to do with ones freedom.— Andre Gide

Dare to be yourself.
— Andre Gide

Dare to be yourself.— Andre Gide

A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
— Andre Gide

A man thinks he owns things and it is he who is owned.— Andre Gide

The most decisive actions of our life – I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future – are, more often than not, unconsidered.
— Andre Gide

The most decisive actions of our life – I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future – are more often than not unconsidered.— Andre Gide

Prejudices are the props of civilization.
— Andre Gide

Prejudices are the props of civilization.— Andre Gide

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
— Andre Gide

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.— Andre Gide

L’acte gratuite. The unmotivated action.
— Andre Gide

Lacte gratuite. The unmotivated action.— Andre Gide

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
— Andre Gide

It is easier to lead men to combat stirring up their passion than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.— Andre Gide

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
— Andre Gide

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.— Andre Gide

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and begin all over again.
— Andre Gide

Everything has been said before but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and begin all over again.— Andre Gide 1

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
— Andre Gide

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.— Andre Gide

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
— Andre Gide

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.— Andre Gide

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
— Andre Gide

Welcome anything that comes to you but do not long for anything else.— Andre Gide

‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
— Andre Gide

Therefore is a word the poet must not know.— Andre Gide

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.
— Andre Gide

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.— Andre Gide

One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything, and consequently get nothing.
— Andre Gide

One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything and consequently get nothing.— Andre Gide

Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.
— Andre Gide

Know that joy is rarer more difficult and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all important discovery you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.— Andre Gide

Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
— Andre Gide

Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.— Andre Gide

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
— Andre Gide

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.— Andre Gide

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
— Andre Gide

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.— Andre Gide

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
— Andre Gide

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception the one who lies with sincerity.— Andre Gide

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
— Andre Gide

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.— Andre Gide

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.
— Andre Gide

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say – because they were too obvious.
— Andre Gide

The most important things to say are those which

Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly.
— Andre Gide

Know thyself A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly.— Andre Gide

Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly.
— Andre Gide

Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly.— Andre Gide

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.
— Andre Gide

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.— Andre Gide

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.
— Andre Gide

What would there be in a story of happiness Only what prepares it only what destroys it can be told.— Andre Gide

It is good to follow one’s own bent, so long as it leads upward.
— Andre Gide

It is good to follow ones own bent so long as it leads upward.— Andre Gide

Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable.
— Andre Gide

Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself and thus make yourself indispensable.— Andre Gide

Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
— Andre Gide

Only fools dont contradict themselves.— Andre Gide

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks – and especially admit of different interpretations.
— Andre Gide

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks – and especially admit of different interpretations.— Andre Gide

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
— Andre Gide

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.— Andre Gide

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.
— Andre Gide

What thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most.
— Andre Gide

What thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most.— Andre Gide

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.
— Andre Gide

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.— Andre Gide

It is now, and in this world, that we must live.
— Andre Gide

It is now and in this world that we must live.— Andre Gide

God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
— Andre Gide

God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.— Andre Gide

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.
— Andre Gide

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says but to go off with him and travel in his company.— Andre Gide

Christianity, above all, consoles; but there are naturally happy souls who do not need consolation.
— Andre Gide

Christianity above all consoles but there are naturally happy souls who do not need consolation.— Andre Gide

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow’s joy is possible only if today’s makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one.

Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
— Andre Gide

Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.— Andre Gide

Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable – you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
— Andre Gide

Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable – you must know this in order to concentrate on life.— Andre Gide

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.
— Andre Gide

No theory is good unless it permits not rest but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.— Andre Gide

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
— Andre Gide

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.— Andre Gide

The scholar seeks truth, the artist finds.
— Andre Gide

The scholar seeks truth the artist finds — Andre Gide

Great authors are admirable in this respect – in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.
— Andre Gide

Great authors are admirable in this respect – in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences. — Andre Gide

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.
— Andre Gide

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding. — Andre Gide

Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
— Andre Gide

Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness. — Andre Gide

Because it was natural, could he not see that it was marvellous?
— Andre Gide

Because it was natural could he not see that it was marvellous — Andre Gide

Understand that the only possession of any value is life.
— Andre Gide

Understand that the only possession of any value is life. — Andre Gide

But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
— Andre Gide

Are you then unable to recognize unless it has the same sound as yours?
— Andre Gide

Are you then unable to recognize unless it has the same sound as yours— Andre Gide

The wise man is astonished by anything.
— Andre Gide

The wise man is astonished by anything.— Andre Gide

It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written.
— Andre Gide

It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written.— Andre Gide

Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone.
— Andre Gide

Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone.— Andre Gide

The individual never asserts himself more than when he forgets himself.
— Andre Gide

The individual never asserts himself more than when he forgets himself.— Andre Gide

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
— Andre Gide

We should enjoy this summer flower by flower as if it were to be the last one well see.— Andre Gide

A dry is useful during conscious, intentional, and painful spiritual evolutions.
— Andre Gide

A dry is useful during conscious intentional and painful spiritual evolutions.— Andre Gide

Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
— Andre Gide

Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.— Andre Gide

The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
— Andre Gide

The capacity to get free is nothing the capacity to be free is the task.— Andre Gide

When you have nothing to say or to hide, there is no need to be prudent.
— Andre Gide

When you have nothing to say or to hide there is no need to be prudent.— Andre Gide

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.
— Andre Gide

The sole art that suits me is that which rising from unrest tends toward serenity.— Andre Gide

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