Andre Gide

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.

André Gide

It is now, and in this world, that we must live.

André Gide

It is only through restraint that man can manage not to suppress himself.

André Gide

It is with fine sentiments that bad literature is made. Descend to the bottom of the well if you wish to see the stars.

André Gide

It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written.

André Gide

Laws and rules of conduct are for the state of childhood; education is an emancipation.

André Gide

Let every emotion be capable becoming an intoxication to you. If what you eat fails to make you drunk, it is because you are not hungry enough.

André Gide

Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination.

André Gide

Life was nothing other than what came and went with each passing moment.

André Gide

Man: The most complex of beings, and thus the most dependent of beings. On all that made you up, you depend.

André Gide