6 Andre Gide Quotes on Growth

Andre Gide quotes on growth

11. No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.

26. It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

28. It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves- in finding themselves.

29. Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly.

34. One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

42. There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, 'It all depends on me'.