Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
ANDRE GIDEYou have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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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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Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
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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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Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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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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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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Seize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
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The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
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