Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
ANDRE GIDETrust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.
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 GIDEWhat would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
ANDRE GIDEFish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
ANDRE GIDEIt is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
ANDRE GIDEArt is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.
ANDRE GIDESo long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
ANDRE GIDEThe capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.
ANDRE GIDEGod depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
ANDRE GIDEHe who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
ANDRE GIDEI can’t expect others to share my virtues. It’s good enough for me if they share my vices.
ANDRE GIDEI do not love men: I love what devours them.
ANDRE GIDEFear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
ANDRE GIDEThe true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
ANDRE GIDEComplete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
ANDRE GIDEWisdom comes not from reason but from love.
ANDRE GIDE