André Gide quotes - page 5

Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone. (André Gide)
The wise man is astonished by anything. View quote
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By the time a philospher answers a question weve usually forgotten what was asked. View quote
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Those who have never been ill are incapable of real sympathy for a great many misfortunes. View quote
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A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly. View quote
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If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn't hesitate to do so. View quote
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He who makes great demands upon himself is naturally inclined to make great demands upon others. View quote
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The belief that becomes truth for me - is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of putting my virtues into action. View quote
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Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain. View quote
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death. View quote
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity. (André Gide)
Dare to be yourself. View quote
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Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it. View quote
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What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it. View quote
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I have my own virtue, which I am constantly cultivating and refining by teaching myself not to tolerate in me or my surroundings anything but the exquisite. View quote
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Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again. View quote
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Are you then unable to recognize unless it has the same sound as yours. View quote
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There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself 'It all depends on me.' View quote
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The individual never asserts himself more than when he forgets himself. View quote
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The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea. View quote
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The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage my whole being surges toward the bars. (André Gide)
It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands. View quote
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The itch is a mean, unconfessable, ridiculous malady one can pity someone who is suffering someone who wants to scratch himself makes one laugh. View quote
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What I dislike least in my former self are the moments of prayer. View quote
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In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future. View quote
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