The color of truth is gray.
ANDRE GIDESin is whatever obscures the soul.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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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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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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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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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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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.
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Only fools don’t contradict themselves.
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What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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