Quotes By Andre Gide

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious.

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations.

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.