Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDEComplete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDEA straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
ANDRE GIDEOne does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
ANDRE GIDEThere are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
ANDRE GIDE‘Therefore’ is a word the poet must not know.
ANDRE GIDEThe funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
ANDRE GIDEBelieve those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
ANDRE GIDEThe most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
ANDRE GIDENothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
ANDRE GIDEThe capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
ANDRE GIDETo 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.
ANDRE GIDEMan cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
ANDRE GIDEBut can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
ANDRE GIDEGod depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
ANDRE GIDEWelcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
ANDRE GIDEFear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
ANDRE GIDE