André Gide: Doing

André Gide was French novelist and essayist. Explore interesting quotes on doing.

André Gide: 148 quotes18 likes

“Please do not understand me too quickly.”

“I do not love men: I love what devours them.”

Source: Prometheus Illbound

“Envying another man's happiness is madness; you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it.”

André Gide book The Immoralist

Source: The Immoralist

“The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.”

Source: Journals, 1889-1949

“Welcome everything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.”

“Seize from every moment it's unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.”

“To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.”

André Gide book The Immoralist

Savoir se libérer n'est rien; l'ardu, c'est savoir être libre. <br class="br">The Immoralist, Chapter 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=MPmRAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Savoir+se+lib%C3%A9rer+n'est+rien+l'ardu+c'est+savoir+%C3%AAtre+libre%22&jtp=17#v=onepage (1902) <br class="br">The Immoralist (1902)

“Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.”

Ainsi soit-il; ou, Les Jeux sont faits
So be it; or, The chips are down
Gallimard
1952
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Original: (fr) Croyez ceux qui cherchent la vérité, doutez de ceux qui la trouvent; doutez de tout, mais ne doutez pas de vous-même.