15 quotes
"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not."
- Andre Gide
Love
"“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”"
- Andre Gide
Love
"A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly."
- Andre Gide
Self-awareness
"It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves."
- Andre Gide
Personal Growth
"Be faithful to that which exists within yourself."
- Andre Gide
Self-esteem
"To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom."
- Andre Gide
Responsibility
"You cannot discover new oceans unless you dare to lose sight of the shore."
- Andre Gide
Taking Risks
"One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore."
- Andre Gide
Taking Risks
"One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time."
- Andre Gide
Taking Risks
"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."
- Andre Gide
New Beginnings
""Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.""
- Andre Gide
Generosity
"Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you."
- Andre Gide
Generosity
"Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor."
- Andre Gide
Perseverance
"Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. It's their way of falling."
- Andre Gide
Philosophy
"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better."
- Andre Gide
Spirituality