Author: Ernest Renan

Quotes

The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.

The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.

- Ernest Renan

You may take great comfort from the fact that suffering inwardly for the sake of truth proves abundantly that one loves it and marks one out as being of the elect.

You may take great comfort from the fact that suffering inwardly for the sake of truth proves abundantly that one loves it and marks one out as being of the elect.

- Ernest Renan

As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If they once understand themselves the ruling men will be lost.

As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If they once understand themselves the ruling men will be lost.

- Ernest Renan

No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.

No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life.

- Ernest Renan

All history is incomprehensible without Christ.

All history is incomprehensible without Christ.

- Ernest Renan

In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact.

In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact.

- Ernest Renan

The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.

The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.

- Ernest Renan

He whom God has touched will always be a being apart: he is, whatever he may do, a stranger among men; he is marked by a sign.

He whom God has touched will always be a being apart: he is, whatever he may do, a stranger among men; he is marked by a sign.

- Ernest Renan

Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people.

Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people.

- Ernest Renan

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