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. Georges Bernanos Read Quote
The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more. Georges Bernanos Read Quote
What does the truth matter? Haven’t we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast! Georges Bernanos Read Quote
It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. Georges Bernanos Read Quote
Faith is not a thing which one ‘loses’, we merely cease to shape our lives by it. Georges Bernanos Read Quote
Who are you to condemn another’s sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it. Georges Bernanos Read Quote
Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses. Georges Bernanos Read Quote
