Andre Gide

Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life.

André Gide

He who makes great demands upon himself is naturally inclined to make great demands on others.

André Gide

I have never produced anything good except by a long succession of slight efforts.

André Gide

It is one of life’s laws that as soon as one door closes another opens. But the tragedy is we look at the closed door and disregard the open one.

André Gide

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.

André Gide

Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.

André Gide

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

André Gide

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers the most from its own limitations.

André Gide

What thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most.

André Gide

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

André Gide