Andre Gide Quotes
Nothing noble is done without risk.
It is now, and in this world, that we must live.
What I dislike least in my former self are the moments of prayer.
Never cease to be convinced that life might be better -- your own and others.
Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly.
Nothing is good for everyone, but only relatively to some people.
To win one's joy through struggle is better than to yield to melancholy.
One should want only one thing and want it constantly. Then one is sure of getting it. But I desire everything, and consequently get nothing.
Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It’s their way of falling.
Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.