Gide

Famous quotes containing the word gide:

    Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.
    —André Gide (1869–1951)

    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.
    —André Gide (1869–1951)

    The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.
    —André Gide (1869–1951)