Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you. – Andre Gide
The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities…. I listen to them and they go away delighted. – Andre Gide
A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective. – Andre Gide
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them. – Andre Gide
Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue. – Andre Gide
Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! – Andre Gide
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
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not. – Andre Gide
