André Gide

 “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

― André Gide, Autumn Leaves

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
― André Gide

“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.”
― André Gide

“Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.”
― André Gide

“Everything's already been said, but since nobody was listening, we have to start again.”
― André Gide

“The color of truth is grey.”
― André Gide

“Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.”
― André Gide

“The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.”
― André Gide

“Do not do what someone else could do as well as you. Do not say, do not write what someone else could say, could write as well as you. Care for nothing in yourself but what you feel exists nowhere else. And, out of yourself create, impatiently or patiently, the most irreplaceable of beings.”
― André Gide