Know thyself? A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly. Andre Gide More Quotes by Andre Gide More Quotes From Andre Gide One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore. Andre Gide changemotivationalinspirational It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not. Andre Gide inspirationallovelife Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. Andre Gide learningcommunicationknowledge There's a law in life: whenever a door closes, a new one will open. Andre Gide lawdoors Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life. Andre Gide irreplaceablelife-isorder True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest. Andre Gide modestintelligentmen Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. Andre Gide helping-otherswisekindness The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. Andre Gide hypocritetruthlying Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly. Andre Gide butterflysuccesslife Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation. Andre Gide sadnessdiscoverybeautiful The color of truth is gray. Andre Gide intelligencecolorintellectual One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. Andre Gide positiveinspirationallife The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes. Andre Gide madnesswritingbeautiful 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. Andre Gide philosophyhistoryart Yet I'm sure there's something more to be read in a man. People dare not -- they dare not turn the page. The laws of mimicry -- I call them the laws of fear. People are afraid to find themselves alone, and don't find themselves at all. I hate this moral agoraphobia -- it's the worst kind of cowardice. You can't create something without being alone. But who's trying to create here? What seems different in yourself: that's the one rare thing you possess, the one thing which gives each of us his worth; and that's just what we try to suppress. We imitate. And we claim to love life. Andre Gide hatelovemen Throw away my book: you must understand that it represents only one of a thousand attitudes. You must find your own. If someone else could have done something as well as you, don’t do it. If someone else could have said something as well as you, don’t say it—or written something as well as you, don’t write it. Grow fond only of that which you can find nowhere but in yourself, and create out of yourself, impatiently or patiently, ah! that most irreplaceable of beings. Andre Gide writingattitudebook Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. Andre Gide beautifulinspirationallife 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. Andre Gide happinessorderpast The most decisive actions of our life - I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future - are, more often than not, unconsidered. Andre Gide futurelifemean Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one. Andre Gide loyaltyhappinesspast
