Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. Andre Gide More Quotes by Andre Gide More Quotes From Andre Gide To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it. Andre Gide saddenedrefusetruth It is better to fail at your own life than to succeed at someone else's. Andre Gide favouritesucceedfailing Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age. Andre Gide chasteyouthage So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity. Andre Gide honestyintegrityinspirational Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death Andre Gide subtlesocietymen An opinion, though it is original, does not necessarily differ from the accepted opinion; the important thing is that it does not try to conform to it. Andre Gide importantdoetrying Our deeds attach themselves to us like the flame to phosphorus. They constitute our brilliance, to be sure, but only in so far as they consume us. Andre Gide flamesdeedsaction 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. Andre Gide usefaithmean The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea. Andre Gide exaggerationideasart If only we could lean over the soul we love and see as in a mirror the image we cast! Andre Gide castsmirrorssoul It is not becoming to lay to virtue the weariness of old age. Andre Gide virtuebecomingage The only real education comes from what goes counter to you. Andre Gide real-educationrealeducation The most beaten paths are certainly the surest, but do not hope to start much game on them. Andre Gide beatenpathgames You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not being anything else. Andre Gide insultanswerspeople It would be wisest not to worry too much about the sterile periods. They ventilate the subject and instill into it the reality of daily life. Andre Gide would-beworryreality The anxiety we have for the figure we cut, for our personage, is constantly cropping out. We are showing off and are often more concerned with making a display than with living. Whoever feels observed observes himself. Andre Gide vanityanxietycutting Each of us really understands in others only those feelings he is capable of producing himself. Andre Gide capableunderstandingfeelings It is the special quality of love not to be able to remain stationary, to be obliged to increase under pain of diminishing. Andre Gide happy-valentines-daypainlove I prefer granting with a good grace what I know I shan't be able to prevent. Andre Gide ablegraceknows Man: The most complex of beings, and thus the most dependent of beings. On all that made you up, you depend. Andre Gide dependentmademen
