Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
ANDRE GIDENothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
ANDRE GIDEDare to be yourself.
ANDRE GIDEFish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
ANDRE GIDEHe who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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 GIDEWelcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
ANDRE GIDEWisdom comes not from reason but from love.
ANDRE GIDEI can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
ANDRE GIDEThe funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
ANDRE GIDEProfound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
ANDRE GIDETrust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
ANDRE GIDEBe faithful to that which exists within yourself.
ANDRE GIDEFear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
ANDRE GIDEThe color of truth is gray.
ANDRE GIDEBelieve those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
ANDRE GIDEThe most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
ANDRE GIDE