It is the human condition to question one god after another, one appearance after another, or better, one apparition after another, always pursuing the truth of the imagination, which is not the same as the truth of appearance. — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
If religion is only human, and its form is man's form, it follows that everything in religion is true. — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
People who are upset about something ruminate on it whenever they get a chance; they are constantly drawn back to their own unhappy tale… — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
As opposed to the incoherent spectacle of the world, the real is what is expected, what is obtained and what is discovered by our… — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
It is the human condition to question one god after another, one appearance after another, or better, one apparition after another, always pursuing the… — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
When we speak, in gestures or signs, we fashion a real object in the world; the gesture is seen, the words and the song… — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
The most difficult thing in the world is to say thinkingly what everybody says without thinking. — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
It is not difficult to be unhappy or discontented; all you have to do is sit down, like a prince waiting to be amused.… — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
We must recognize the eloquence of our passions and refuse to be taken in. Instead of saying, 'That false friend always did despise me,'… — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
I have only one thing to say to the melancholy man: 'Look into the distance.' ... When you look at the stars or the… — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
If religion is only human, and its form is man's form, it follows that everything in religion is true. — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
Man himself is an enigma in motion; his questions never stay asked; whereas the mold, the footprint, and by natural extension, the statue itself,… — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
What is a thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns. — Emile Chartier Copy Share Image
