“Nothing is good for everyone, but only relatively to some people.”
— André Gide
“Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.”
— André Gide
“The artist who is after success lets himself be influenced by the public. Generally such an artist contributes nothing new, for the public acclaims only what it already knows, what it recognizes.”
— André Gide
“There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.”
— André Gide
“Other people's appetites easily appear excessive when one doesn't share them.”
— André Gide
“There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.”
— André Gide
“One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.”
— André Gide
“One must allow others to be right, it consoles them for not being anything else.”
— André Gide
“Oh, if only we could lean over the soul we love and see as in a mirror the image we cast there!”
— André Gide
“If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become.”
— 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
“In other people's company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring.”
— André Gide
“Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.”
— André Gide
“Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.”
— André Gide
“Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.”
— André Gide