André Gide Quotes

The world will be saved by one or two people.

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

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

Long only for what you have.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of shore for a very long time.

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.

There is a germ of revolt lying in the spirit of inquiry and critical curiosity.

Poverty makes a slave out of men. In order to eat he will accept work that gives no pleasure.