Andre Gide Top 10 Quotes

10	I will not say I like danger, but I like life to be hazardous, and I want to demand at every moment the whole of my courage, my happiness, my health… Andre Gide (The Immoralist, 1902)
9	Man is more interesting than men... Each one is more precious than all. Andre Gide (Journal Entry, 1901)
8	It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. Andre Gide
7	To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company. Andre Gide
6	Knowing how to free oneself is nothing; it's being free that is hard. Andre Gide (The Immoralist, 1902)
5	No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. Andre Gide
4	The most decisive actions of our life — I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future — are, more often than not, unconsidered. Andre Gide (The Counterfeiters, 1925)
3	Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. Andre Gide (The Fruits of the Earth, 1897)
2	One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore. Andre Gide (The Counterfeiters, 1925)
1	Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one. Andre Gide (Journal Entry)

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