Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
ANDRE GIDETrust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
ANDRE GIDENothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
ANDRE GIDEMan is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
ANDRE GIDEThe color of truth is gray.
ANDRE GIDEI can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
ANDRE GIDEWhat would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
ANDRE GIDEBe faithful to that which exists within yourself.
ANDRE GIDEBut can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
ANDRE GIDESadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.
ANDRE GIDEDare to be yourself.
ANDRE GIDEI do not love men: I love what devours them.
ANDRE GIDEThe capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
ANDRE GIDEThere are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
ANDRE GIDEWelcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
ANDRE GIDEPrejudices are the props of civilization.
ANDRE GIDEBelieve those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
ANDRE GIDE