Andre Gide on life
Andre Gide62 quotes“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.”
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
Andre GideAndre Gide One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
Andre GideAndre Gide Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
Andre GideAndre Gide Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
Andre GideAndre Gide The color of truth is gray.
Andre GideAndre Gide There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
Andre GideAndre Gide In other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
Andre GideAndre Gide ‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
Andre GideAndre Gide Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
Andre GideAndre Gide Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
Andre GideAndre Gide Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Andre GideAndre Gide The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
Andre GideAndre Gide Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
Andre GideAndre Gide You have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
Andre GideAndre Gide Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
Andre GideAndre Gide Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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