The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
ANDRE GIDEArt is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.
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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
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Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
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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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There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
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There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
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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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Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.
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Sin is whatever obscures the soul.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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