Andre Gide

Andre Gide (1869 - 1951), full name André Paul Guillaume Gide, was a French author. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947.

Wisdom & Quotes

• It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written.

- Journal, September 2, 1940

• Education, c'est deliverance. (Eduction is freedom.)

- Journal

• God lies ahead. … He depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.

- Journal

• Toward what should we aim if not toward God?

- Thesee

• Without mysticism man can achieve nothing great.

- The Counterfeiters

• Sin is whatever obscures the soul.

- La Symphonie Pastorale

• To love the truth is to refuse to let oneself be saddened by it.

- Journals

Maxim Gorky