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Andre Gide Quotes

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced Picture Quote #1

To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations Picture Quote #1

Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain Picture Quote #1

But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty year old habits Picture Quote #1

Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly Picture Quote #1

Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! Picture Quote #1

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The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity Picture Quote #1

Let every emotion be capable becoming an intoxication to you. If what you eat fails to make you drunk, it is because you are not hungry enough Picture Quote #1

True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others Picture Quote #1

Generally among intelligent people are found nothing but paralytics and among men of action nothing but fools Picture Quote #1

The artist who is after success lets himself be influenced by the public. Generally such an artist contributes nothing new, for the public acclaims only what it already knows, what it recognizes Picture Quote #1

Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves Picture Quote #1

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True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest Picture Quote #1

There is no feeling so simple that it is not immediately complicated and distorted by introspection Picture Quote #1

The only really Christian art is that which, like St. Francis, does not fear being wedded to poverty. This rises far above art as ornament Picture Quote #1

We call happiness a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible. But we call joy that state of mind and emotions that needs nothing to feel happy Picture Quote #1

When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools Picture Quote #1

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself Picture Quote #1

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Know thyself - a maxim as pernicious as it is odious. A person observing himself would arrest his own development. Any caterpillar who tried to know himself would never become a butterfly Picture Quote #1

The artist cannot get along without a public; and when the public is absent, what does he do? He invents it, and turning his back on his age, he looks toward the future for what the present denies Picture Quote #1

Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination Picture Quote #1

The belief that becomes truth for me... Is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of putting my virtues into action Picture Quote #1

Chastity more rarely follows fear, or a resolution, or a vow, than it is the mere effect of lack of appetite and, sometimes even, of distaste Picture Quote #1

Too chaste an adolescence makes for a dissolute old age. It is doubtless easier to give up something one has known than something one imagines Picture Quote #1

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The difficulty comes from this, that Christianity (Christian orthodoxy) is exclusive and that belief in its truth excludes belief in any other truth. It does not absorb; it repulses Picture Quote #1

If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become Picture Quote #1

One is always wrong to open a conversation with the devil, for, however he goes about it, he always insists upon having the last word Picture Quote #1

The important thing is being capable of emotions, but to experience only one's own would be a sorry limitation Picture Quote #1

To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom Picture Quote #1

God lies ahead. I convince myself and constantly repeat to myself that: He depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved Picture Quote #1

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The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced (Andre Gide Quotes) To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations (Andre Gide Quotes) Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain (Andre Gide Quotes) But can one still make resolutions when one is over forty? I live according to twenty year old habits (Andre Gide Quotes) Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly (Andre Gide Quotes) Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! (Andre Gide Quotes) The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity (Andre Gide Quotes) Let every emotion be capable becoming an intoxication to you. If what you eat fails to make you drunk, it is because you are not hungry enough (Andre Gide Quotes) True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others (Andre Gide Quotes) Generally among intelligent people are found nothing but paralytics and among men of action nothing but fools (Andre Gide Quotes) The artist who is after success lets himself be influenced by the public. Generally such an artist contributes nothing new, for the public acclaims only what it already knows, what it recognizes (Andre Gide Quotes) Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves (Andre Gide Quotes) True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest (Andre Gide Quotes) There is no feeling so simple that it is not immediately complicated and distorted by introspection (Andre Gide Quotes) The only really Christian art is that which, like St. Francis, does not fear being wedded to poverty. This rises far above art as ornament (Andre Gide Quotes) We call happiness a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible. But we call joy that state of mind and emotions that needs nothing to feel happy (Andre Gide Quotes) When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools (Andre Gide Quotes) In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself (Andre Gide Quotes) Know thyself - a maxim as pernicious as it is odious. A person observing himself would arrest his own development. Any caterpillar who tried to know himself would never become a butterfly (Andre Gide Quotes) The artist cannot get along without a public; and when the public is absent, what does he do? He invents it, and turning his back on his age, he looks toward the future for what the present denies (Andre Gide Quotes) Life never presents us with anything which may not be looked upon as a fresh starting point, no less than as a termination (Andre Gide Quotes) The belief that becomes truth for me... Is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of putting my virtues into action (Andre Gide Quotes) Chastity more rarely follows fear, or a resolution, or a vow, than it is the mere effect of lack of appetite and, sometimes even, of distaste (Andre Gide Quotes) Too chaste an adolescence makes for a dissolute old age. It is doubtless easier to give up something one has known than something one imagines (Andre Gide Quotes) The difficulty comes from this, that Christianity (Christian orthodoxy) is exclusive and that belief in its truth excludes belief in any other truth. It does not absorb; it repulses (Andre Gide Quotes) If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become (Andre Gide Quotes) One is always wrong to open a conversation with the devil, for, however he goes about it, he always insists upon having the last word (Andre Gide Quotes) The important thing is being capable of emotions, but to experience only one's own would be a sorry limitation (Andre Gide Quotes) To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom (Andre Gide Quotes) God lies ahead. I convince myself and constantly repeat to myself that: He depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved (Andre Gide Quotes)

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