Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
ANDRE GIDEBelieve those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
ANDRE GIDEWhat would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
ANDRE GIDEGod depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
ANDRE GIDEKnow that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.
ANDRE GIDEThere is a law in life: when one door closes to us another one opens.
ANDRE GIDETrust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
ANDRE GIDEFear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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 GIDEDare to be yourself.
ANDRE GIDEI do not love men: I love what devours them.
ANDRE GIDEWisdom comes not from reason but from love.
ANDRE GIDEThe funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
ANDRE GIDEThere are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
ANDRE GIDEEvery instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.
ANDRE GIDEYou have to let other people be right’ was his answer to their insults. ‘It consoles them for not being anything else.
ANDRE GIDESin is whatever obscures the soul.
ANDRE GIDE