Georges Bernanos Quotes & Sayings (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.”

“Hell, madam, is to love no longer.”

“Faith is not a thing which one 'loses', we merely cease to shape our lives by it.”

“The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more.”

“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!”

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

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