Andre Gide

Chastity more rarely follows fear, or a resolution, or a vow, than it is the mere effect of lack of appetite and, sometimes even, of distaste.

André Gide

Clear and precise ideas are the most dangerous, for one does not dare to change them.

André Gide

Do not scorn little victories.

André Gide

Enduring fame is promised only to those writers who can offer to successive generations a substance constantly renewed; for every generation arrives upon the scene with its own particular hunger.

André Gide

Existing is occupation enough.

André Gide

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

André Gide

Generally among intelligent people are found nothing but paralytics and among men of action nothing but fools.

André Gide

Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so rare that it is scarcely found except in the greatest, or in beggars.

André Gide

How much more sensuality invites to art than does sentimentality.

André Gide

I advise the young to tell themselves constantly that most often it is up to them alone.

André Gide