It seems to me that had I not known Dostoevsky or Nietzsche… - André Gide

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It seems to me that had I not known Dostoevsky or Nietzsche or Freud or X or Z, I should have thought just as I did, and that I found in them rather an authorization than an awakening. Above all, they taught me to cease doubting, to cease fearing my thoughts, and to let those thoughts lead me to those lands that were not uninhabitable because after all I found them already there.

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André Paul Guillaume Gide (22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947.

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Alternative Names: André Paul Guillaume Gide • Andre Gide • Andre Paul Guillaume Gide

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Que ta vision soit à chaque instant nouvelle. Le sage est celui qui s'étonne de tout.

– У других есть чувство того, чем они обладают, – сказал он, – я же чувствую только свои недостатки. Недостаток денег, недостаток сил, недостаток ума, недостаток любви. Недостаток во всем; таким я останусь всегда.

Aren’t you strong enough to walk alone? We must each of us find God by ourselves.

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