André Gide Berühmte Zitate
André Gide Zitate und Sprüche
Gesine Schwan im Interview. DIE ZEIT - Campus Nr. 3/2009 http://www.zeit.de/campus/2009/03/mensa-interview/komplettansicht 10. Mai 2009
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." - Helen Keller: The Open Door. Doubleday 1957. p. 11 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=-WMIAQAAIAAJ&q=opened
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Gesine Schwan im Interview. DIE ZEIT - Campus Nr. 3/2009 http://www.zeit.de/campus/2009/03/mensa-interview/komplettansicht 10. Mai 2009
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." - Helen Keller: The Open Door. Doubleday 1957. p. 11 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=-WMIAQAAIAAJ&q=opened
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„Glaube denen, die die Wahrheit suchen, und zweifle an denen, die sie gefunden haben.“
So sei es oder Die Würfel sind gefallen. Deutsch von Maria Schaefer-Rümelin. DVA Stuttgart 1953
Original franz.: "croyez ceux qui cherchent la vérité, doutez de ceux qui la trouvent;" - Ainsi soit-il ou Les jeux sont faits. Gallimard 1952. p. 174 books.google https://books.google.de/books?id=ZdyIvgEACAAJ&dq=croyez+ceux
„Mit den schönen Gefühlen macht man die schlechte Literatur.“
Dostoiewsky. Paris 1923; p.247
„Jeder Schweizer trägt seine Gletscher in sich.“
Stirb und werde. Deutsch von Johanna Borek. Gesammelte Werke, Bd. 1/1. Stuttgart 1989. S. 328
Original franz.: "tout Suisse porte en soi ses glaciers" - Si le grain ne meurt (1926). p. 266 oasisfle.com/ebook http://www.oasisfle.com/ebook_oasisfle/gide_si_le_grain_ne_meurt.pdf
„Theorie des Buches: toter Buchstabe? Ein Sack Samenkörner.“
Aus den Tagebüchern 1889-1939. Übersetzung und Auswahl von Maria Schaefer-Rümelin. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt 1961. Seite 53 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=oZA2AAAAIAAJ&q=buchstabe
Original franz.: "Théorie du livre: lettre morte? Un sac de graines." - Journal 1889-1939. Gallimard 1951. p. 93 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=RKoNAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Th%C3%A9orie+du+livre%22
„Wenn ein Philosoph einem antwortet, versteht man überhaupt nicht mehr, was man ihn gefragt hat.“
Paludes. (Die Sümpfe)
Original franz.: "Je ne dis rien, par habitude ; quand un philosophe vous répond, on ne comprend plus du tout ce qu'on lui avait demandé. - Paludes [1895]. Gallimard, Éditions de la Nouvelle revue française, 1929. p. 92 books.google https://books.google.de/books?id=HyVMAAAAMAAJ&q=répond
André Gide: Zitate auf Englisch
“A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned”
Quelle: The Immoralist
“The capacity to get free is nothing; the capacity to be free is the task.”
Quelle: The Immoralist
“Nothing is more fatal to happiness than the remembrance of happiness.”
Quelle: The Immoralist
“I can't expect others to share my virtues. It's good enough for me if they share my vices.”
Quelle: The Immoralist
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
“True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining as one’s own the suffering and joys of others.”
Portraits and Aphorisms (1903), Pretexts
“The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.”
Entry for November 23, 1940
Journals 1889-1949
“An Unprejudiced Mind,” p. 317
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
“An Unprejudiced Mind,” pp. 319-320
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
“An Unprejudiced Mind,” pp. 311-312
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
“A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.”
The Journals of André Gide: 1914-1927, A.A. Knopf, 1951, p. 313
Journals 1889-1949
“An Unprejudiced Mind,” p. 346
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
Entry for August 23, 1926
Journals 1889-1949
“An Unprejudiced Mind,” p. 317
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
“Characters,” p. 299
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
“Characters,” p. 306
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
“Often the best in us springs from the worst in us.”
“An Unprejudiced Mind,” p. 315
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
“Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessions of happiness.”
Familles, je vous hais! foyers clos; portes refermées; possessions jalouses du bonheur.
Les Nourritures Terrestres (1897), book IV
Savoir se libérer n'est rien; l'ardu, c'est savoir être libre.
The Immoralist, Chapter 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=MPmRAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Savoir+se+lib%C3%A9rer+n'est+rien+l'ardu+c'est+savoir+%C3%AAtre+libre%22&jtp=17#v=onepage (1902)
The Immoralist (1902)
“An Unprejudiced Mind,” p. 326
Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality (1964)
