“There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.”
Si le grain ne meurt [If It Die] (1924), ch. III
Source: Autumn Leaves
André Gide: Citations en anglais
André Gide était homme de lettres et romancier français. Citations en anglais.André Gide: 142 citations2 J'aime
“Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it.”
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Variante: Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it
Contexte: Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.
“Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself — and thus make yourself indispensable.”
Les Nourritures Terrestres (1897), Envoi
Variante: Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
Contexte: What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself — and thus make yourself indispensable.
André Gide livre L'Immoraliste
Source: The Immoralist
“Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.”
La sagesse n'est pas dans la raison, mais dans l'amour.
Les Nourritures Terrestres [Fruits of the Earth] (1897), book I
Source: Autumn Leaves
“A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned”
André Gide livre L'Immoraliste
Source: The Immoralist
“The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.”
André Gide livre L'Immoraliste
Source: The Immoralist