Prejudices are the props of civilization.
ANDRE GIDEPrejudices are the props of civilization.
ANDRE GIDEBut can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty-year-old habits.
ANDRE GIDEThe capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
ANDRE GIDEThe truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.
ANDRE GIDEProfound optimism is always on the side of the tortured.
ANDRE GIDEComplete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDEWe should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.
ANDRE GIDETrust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
ANDRE GIDESeize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
ANDRE GIDEThere are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.
ANDRE GIDEOnly fools don’t contradict themselves.
ANDRE GIDEOne does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
ANDRE GIDEGod depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
ANDRE GIDETo know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
ANDRE GIDEThere are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
ANDRE GIDEThe color of truth is gray.
ANDRE GIDE