Andre GideIf a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so.351Philosophy
Andre Gide'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.362Humanity
Andre GideA work of art is an exaggeration.362Philosophy
Andre GideThere are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them. ✨ If It Die. Book by André Gide, ch. III, 1924.351DeathReading
Andre GideMost often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves. ✨ Andre Gide (2017). Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and … ▶341HumanityLifeReading
Andre GideNothing is good for everyone, but only relatively to some people. ✨ Andre Gide (2012). The Counterfeiters: A Novel, p.196, Vintage363HumanityReading
Andre GideI intend to bring you strength, joy, courage, perspicacity, defiance.352Hope
Andre GideWe should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.342Reflection
Andre GideSadness is a state of sin.321PoliticsSadness
Andre GideIt is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.343Reflection
Andre GideTo understand is nothing, but to be understood-that is the problem and the source of anguish. The soul throbs and would have the other know-but can not and feels isolated. Then co… ▶343Reflection
Andre GideBelieve in your strength and your vision. Learn to repeat to yourself, 'It all depends on me'.376Humor
Andre GideGreat authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences. ✨ Andre Gide (2017). Pretexts: … ▶377ReadingReflection
Andre GideGod depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.311Life
Andre GideThe reasons that drive me to write are many and the most important are the most secret, I think. Perhaps most of all this: to put something out of death's reach.355DeathThought
Andre GidePrejudices are the props of civilization. ✨ Andre Gide (2012). The Counterfeiters: A Novel, p.10, Vintage323HumanityReading
Andre GideIt is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be ap… ▶312Humanity
Andre GideOnly those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.312Philosophy
Andre GideSadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.367Sadness
Andre GideWhoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone.356Reading
Andre GideWe prefer to go deformed and distorted all our lives rather than not resemble the portrait of ourselves which we ourselves have first drawn. It’s absurd. We run the risk of warpin… ▶301Reading
Andre GideArt that submits to orthodoxy, to even the soundest doctrines, but lacks imagination and deep self-expression is lost leaving only the craftsmanship.324Hope
Andre GideWisdom comes not from reason but from love. ✨ The Fruits of the Earth. Book by André Gide, book I, 1897.335LovePhilosophyReading
Andre GideIt is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.358Love
Andre GideWhat thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most.358Humor
Andre GideA caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly336Humanity
Andre GideThe wise man is astonished by anything.314Humanity
Andre GideNothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness. ✨ Andre Gide (2015). The Immoralist, p.43, Lulu Press, Inc304Reflection
Andre GideNothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.359Sadness
Andre GideIt is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.326Love
