We no longer admit any other truth than that which is expedient; for there is no worse error than the truth that may weaken the arm that is fighting. Andre Gide More Quotes by Andre Gide More Quotes From Andre Gide The itch is a mean, unconfessable, ridiculous malady; one can pity someone who is suffering ; someone who wants to scratch himself makes one laugh. Andre Gide suffering laughing mean What seems different in yourself; that's the rare thing you possess. The one thing that gives each of us his worth, and that's just what we try to suppress. And we claim to love life. Andre Gide love-life trying giving 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. Andre Gide literature use goes-on Do not think your truth can be found by anyone else. Andre Gide found thinking Please do not understand me too quickly. Andre Gide understand-me please What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable. Andre Gide being-yourself change writing Understand that the only possession of any value is life. Andre Gide values possession Man is extraordinarily clever in preventing himself from being happy; it would seem that the less able he is to endure misfortune the more apt he is to attach himself to it. Andre Gide able clever men They establish distinctions and reserves which I cannot apply to myself, for I exist only as a whole; my only claim is to be natural, and the pleasure I feel in an action, I take as a sign that I ought to do it. Andre Gide pleasure natural action Art that submits to orthodoxy, to even the soundest doctrines, but lacks imagination and deep self-expression is lost leaving only the craftsmanship. Andre Gide expression self art The individual man tries to escape the race. And as soon as he ceases to represent the race, he represents man. Andre Gide individuality race men I have never produced anything good except by a long succession of slight efforts. Andre Gide crafts effort long Most often it happens that one attributes to others only the feelings of which one is capable oneself. Andre Gide attributes emotion feelings Faith can move mountains; true: mountains of stupidity. Andre Gide stupidity doubt moving Man's responsibility increases as that of the gods decreases. Andre Gide responsibility power men The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions. Andre Gide literature action life It seems to me that had I not known Dostoevsky or Nietzsche or Freud or X or Z, I should have thought just as I did, and that I found in them rather an authorization than an awakening. Above all, they taught me to cease doubting, to cease fearing my thoughts, and to let those thoughts lead me to those lands that were not uninhabitable because after all I found them already there . Andre Gide land should-have doubt How much more sensuality invites to art than does sentimentality. Andre Gide sensuality doe art Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself- and thus make yourself indispensable. Andre Gide being-faithful faithful success Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change. Andre Gide change struggle evil
