“We call "happiness" a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible.”
André Gide Quotes
1869 – 1951
French writer, Nobel laureate in Literature (1947).
21 quotesAbout André Gide on Wikipedia
“Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself — and thus make yourself indispensable.”
“There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.”
“It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written.”
“Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.”
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
“The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.”
“A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.”
“True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one's own the suffering and joys of others.”
