Quotes By Andre Gide

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.

God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.

To 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.

The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.

The color of truth is gray.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.