Gide, Andre Paul Guillaume

French critic, essayist, and novelist

wrote novels "The Immoralist" 1902, "The Counterfeiters" 1926 (also "Les Faux Monnayeurs")

Nobel Prize in Literature 1947

• "It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace."
• "Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you."
• "One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time."
• "Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."
• "Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it."