Georges Bernanos quotes - Page : 2

" Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it. " # Purity # Faith # Knowledge

" Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it. " # Sin

" God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, and they don't know it. " # Beggars # Love # God

" The world is eaten up by boredom. You can't see it all at once. It is like dust. You go about and never notice, you breathe it in, you eat and drink it. It is sifted so fine, it doesn't even grit on your teeth. But stand still for an instant and there it is, coating your face and hands. To shake off this drizzle of ashes you must be for ever on the go. And so people are always on the go. " # Bores and Boredom # Love # Alcohol and Alcoholism

" Fact is Our Lord knew all about the power of money: He gave capitalism a tiny niche in His scheme of things, He gave it a chance, He even provided a first installment of funds. Can you beat that? It's so magnificent. God despises nothing. After all, if the deal had come off, Judas would probably have endowed sanatoriums, hospitals, public libraries or laboratories. " # Capitalism # Money # Libraries

" A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all. " # Thoughts and Thinking

" What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around. " # Adolescence # Irony # Love

" The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more. " # Civil Rights # Duty # Modern and Modernism

" I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don't despise it. But it can't quench pain, it slips through your soul as through a sieve. And when our suffering has been dragged from one pity to another, as from one mouth to another, we can no longer respect or love it. " # Compassion # Love # Pain

" It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. " # Courage # Fear # Love