Author: Georges Bernanos

Quotes

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.

- Georges Bernanos

Hope is a risk that must be run.

Hope is a risk that must be run.

- Georges Bernanos

The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us.

The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us.

- Georges Bernanos

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.

- Georges Bernanos

Hell, madam, is to love no longer.

Hell, madam, is to love no longer.

- Georges Bernanos

Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterward.

Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterward.

- Georges Bernanos

Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses.

Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses.

- Georges Bernanos

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

- Georges Bernanos

Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.

Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.

- Georges Bernanos

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