385 Quotes by Andre Gide

What seems different in yourself; that’s the rare thing you possess. The one thing that gives each of us his worth, and that’s just what we try to suppress. And we claim to love life.

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks – and especially admit of different interpretations.

Art begins with resistance, at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves in finding themselves.

All happiness is a chance encounter and at every moment presents itself to you like a beggar by the roadside.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless hehas the courage to lose sight of the shore.

I should like to enjoy this summer flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one for me.