Andre Gide Quotes
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
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There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.
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Not everyone can be an orphan.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.
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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.
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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.
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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.
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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
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Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.
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The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious.
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Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations.
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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.
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In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.
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Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.
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It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.