There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
ANDRE GIDEThere are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
ANDRE GIDEWhat would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
ANDRE GIDESeize from every moment its unique novelty and do not prepare your joys.
ANDRE GIDEIt is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
ANDRE GIDEEvery instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
ANDRE GIDEI do not love men: I love what devours them.
ANDRE GIDEArt begins with resistance – at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
ANDRE GIDEIn other people’s company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.
ANDRE GIDEMan is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
ANDRE GIDEDare to be yourself.
ANDRE GIDEWelcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
ANDRE GIDEOnly fools don’t contradict themselves.
ANDRE GIDEI wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
ANDRE GIDEBe faithful to that which exists within yourself.
ANDRE GIDEEnvying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
ANDRE GIDEYou have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
ANDRE GIDE