Andre Gide

Andre Gide Quotes and Sayings


Andre Gide French critic, essayist, & novelist (1869 - 1951)

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. ~Andre Gide

The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future -- are, more often than not, unconsidered. ~Andre Gide

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

Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain. ~Andre Gide

Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable. ~Andre Gide

Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change. ~Andre Gide

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. ~Andre Gide