26 Quotes by Andre Gide
Andre Gide is a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was known for his explorations of the human condition and his rejection of conventional morality, which was reflected in his works, including “The Immoralist” and “The Counterfeiters.” Gide’s writings often challenged societal norms and explored the complexities of personal and sexual identity. His contributions to literature continue to inspire readers and writers around the world. (Bio)
Andre Gide Quotes
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. (Meaning)
Do not think your truth can be found by anyone else. (Meaning)
A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.
It is one of life’s laws that as soon as one door closes another opens. But the tragedy is we look at the closed door and disregard the open one.
We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
Nothing excellent can be done without leisure.
True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.
When everything belongs to everyone, nobody will take care of anything.
Solitude is bearable only with God.
The color of truth is gray.
The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.
The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh.
He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
By the time a philospher answers a question weve usually forgotten what was asked.
Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.
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.
There’s a law in life: whenever a door closes, a new one will open.
When I cease to be indignant I will have begun my old age.
Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.
To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
― Andre Gide Quotes
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