Georges Bernanos Quotes About Literature
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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.
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Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives by it.
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Hope is a risk that must be run.
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The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
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The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more.
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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!
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