Authors — Quotes

André Gide Quotes: 12

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
Autumn Leaves
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.
Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
The color of truth is grey.
I do not love men: I love what devours them.
Prometheus Illbound
Do not do what someone else could do as well as you. Do not say, do not write what someone else could say, could write as well as you. Care for nothing in yourself but what you feel exists nowhere else. And, out of yourself create, impatiently or patiently, the most irreplaceable of beings.
God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.
He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
What would a narrative of happiness be like? All that can be described is what prepares it, and then what destroys it.
The Immoralist
Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.
Pretexts;: Reflections on literature and morality