Andre Gide

So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.

André Gide

The color of truth is grey.

André Gide

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one’s freedom.

André Gide

Understand that the only possession of any value is life.

André Gide

Whoever starts out toward the unknown must consent to venture alone.

André Gide

Without mysticism man can achieve nothing great.

André Gide

A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.

André Gide

A desire for truth is by no means a need for certitude and it would be unwise to confuse one with the other.

André Gide

A work of art is an exaggeration.

André Gide

Actions whose motives he cannot understand that is, actions not prompted by the hope of profit.

André Gide