Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
ANDRE GIDETo read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.
More Andre Gide Quotes
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I do not love men: I love what devours them.
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It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.
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I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.
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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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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned.
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Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
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A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.
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The funny thing about love is that it must continually grow or it will diminish.
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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
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Envying another man’s happiness is madness; you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you had it.
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Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.
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To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.
ANDRE GIDE







