It is a common misconception that the purpose of life is to enjoy it. This is not the case. The purpose of life is to use it. The way to use your life is to serve others, to love others, and to share with them what you have learned along the way.
André Gide was born in Paris on February 22nd, 1869. His mother was a devout Catholic who instilled in him a deep reverence for God and religion from an early age. His father was a freethinker who taught him that all religions were merely cultural expressions of humanity’s spiritual quest for meaning in life.
He grew up reading the Bible and other religious texts with his mother, but later became disillusioned with organized religion due to its failure to provide satisfactory answers about human suffering and death. However, he remained deeply concerned about the spiritual well-being of mankind throughout his life.
Andrew – sometimes referred to as André – is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in English. Andreas is a variation of the Greek name Andreas, which is a short form of any of the various compound names derived from andr-‘man, warrior’. The biblical meaning of André is: “To love.”. A warrior is a masculine, strong, brave, and strong person. In the New Testament, he was the first apostle. Saint Andrew was one of Jesus’ first disciples and one of the Twelve Apostles, so it is a popular holiday.
The name Andres is derived from the Greek word for man, and it means “man, warrior”. The Spanish name André is derived from the French name André (French, Greek): the English name Andrew is derived from the Greek name André. A tribe called the Picts existed in ancient Scotland where the Andres family’s ancestors were born. Andrew, which in Greek means manly, is the name Andres that is derived from the baptismal name. In addition to being a personal name, it was also a surname, probably because it was the name of Scotland’s patron saint.
NAME ROOT: ANḗR (ἀνήρ) ANDRóS (ἀνδρός) ANDRéAS (Ἀνδρέας)MEANING: This name derives from the Ancient Greek “Andréas (Ἀνδρέας)”, which in turn derives from “anḗr (ἀνήρ) andrós (ἀνδρός)”, meaning “man, adult male, husband”. In turn the name means “manly and strong, courageous and warrior”. He was the first Apostle in the New Testament. It is traditionally popular because, according to the Christian Bible, Saint Andrew was one of the earliest disciples of Jesus and one of the twelve Apostles. Andrew the Apostle (6 b.C.–60 a.C.), called in the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name “Andrew”, like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews, Christians, and other Hellenized people of the region. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him. According to Orthodox tradition, the apostolic successor to Saint Andrew is Patriarch Bartholomew I.