Andre Gide Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.”

“Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.”

“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.”

“There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.”

“The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.”

“What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable.”

“Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.”

“The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.”

“Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.”

“To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.”