Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
ANDRE GIDETo know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.
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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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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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There is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
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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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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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Please do not understand me too quickly.
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The color of truth is gray.
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