André Gide: Nothing

André Gide was French novelist and essayist. Explore interesting quotes on nothing.
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“I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.”

André Gide
Smile , Flowers , Sun

“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.”

André Gide

“Characters,” p. 306
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)

Success

“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.
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)
The Immoralist (1902)

Freedom

“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.”

André Gide

“An Unprejudiced Mind,” p. 326
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)

Feeling , Joy , Happiness

“Generally among intelligent people are found nothing but paralytics and among men of action nothing but fools.”

André Gide

“Characters,” p. 304
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)

Men , People , Fools , Intelligence