Quote of André Gide - Believe those who are seeking the...

Biography - André Gide:

French author.
Born: 1869 - Died: 1951
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

Quote

Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.”
André Gide

Translation

(French, German)

Croyez ceux qui cherchent la vérité, doutez de ceux qui la trouvent.”
André Gide

Glaube denen, die die Wahrheit suchen, und zweifle an denen, die sie gefunden haben.”
André Gide

Quotes about doubt:

We know accurately only when we know little; with knowledge, doubt increases.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Maxims and Reflections

To be, or not to be, that is the question.”
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

When in doubt tell the truth.”
Mark Twain - Pudd'nhead Wilson

When in doubt, leave it out.”

doubt

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”
Bertrand Russell

When in doubt, follow the suit of the wise and prudent.”
Baltasar Gracian - The Art of Worldly Wisdom

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Quotes for: truth:

Love truth, but pardon error.”
Voltaire - Discourse in Verse on Man - on Freedom

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.”
Francis Bacon - Novum organum

The language of truth is simple.”
Seneca - Epistulae morales ad Lucilium

Conformity of the intellect to the things.”
Thomas Aquinas

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.”
Carl Gustav Jung

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.”
Victor Hugo

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André Gide also said...

The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.”
André Gide

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

My happiness is to increase other people's. To be happy myself I need the happiness of all.”
André Gide - Fruits of the Earth

May your vision be new at every moment. The wise man is he whom everything astonishes.”
André Gide - Fruits of the Earth

sage

Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.”
André Gide - Fruits of the Earth

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.”
André Gide

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