Georges Bernanos – 8 Quotes

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8 Quotes by Georges Bernanos

 

Hell, madam, is to love no longer.

– Georges Bernanos


Faith is not a thing which one ‘loses,’ we merely cease to shape our lives by it.

– Georges Bernanos


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


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

– Georges Bernanos


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

– Georges Bernanos


Hope is a risk that must be run.

– Georges Bernanos


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

– Georges Bernanos


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

– Georges Bernanos