385 Quotes by Andre Gide

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one.

In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future.

Often with good sentiments we produce bad literature.

Long only for what you have.

Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.

A work of art is an exaggeration.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say - because they were too obvious.

Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.