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> [Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/faith-is-not-a-thing-which-one-loses-we-merely-cease-to-shape-our/)

[Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/)

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## More by Georges Bernanos

> [Fact is Our Lord knew all about the power of money: He gave capitalism a tiny niche in His scheme of things, He gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/fact-is-our-lord-knew-all-about-the-power-of-money-he-gave-capitalism/)

[Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/)

> [I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don't despise it. But it can't quench pain, it slips through your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/i-know-the-compassion-of-others-is-a-relief-at-first-i-don-t-despise/)

[Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/)

> [Optimism approves of everything, submits to everything, believes everything; it is the virtue above all of the taxpayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/optimism-approves-of-everything-submits-to-everything-believes/)

[Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/)

> [There is nothing that God hates so much as a liar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/there-is-nothing-that-god-hates-so-much-as-a-liar/)

[Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/)

> [I have done no passably decent job in this world which did not at first seem to me useless - absurdly useless, useless to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/i-have-done-no-passably-decent-job-in-this-world-which-did-not-at/)

[Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/)

> [A man given to vice is always an idealist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/a-man-given-to-vice-is-always-an-idealist/)

[Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/)

> [Hell is not to love anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/hell-is-not-to-love-anymore/)

[Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/)

> [I have just discovered something I have always known: we can no more escape from one another than we can escape from God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/i-have-just-discovered-something-i-have-always-known-we-can-no-more/)

[Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/)

> [Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/truth-is-meant-to-save-you-first-and-the-comfort-comes-afterward/)

[Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/)

> [Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice? Let us rather call it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/justice-in-the-hands-of-the-powerful-is-merely-a-governing-system/)

[Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/)

> [Chantal's only ruse ... was her shattering simplicity. While a weak man or an imposter is always more complicated than the problem he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/chantal-s-only-ruse-was-her-shattering-simplicity-while-a-weak-man-or/)

[Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/)

> [Suicide only really frightens those who are never tempted by it and never will be, for its darkness only welcomes those who are predestined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/suicide-only-really-frightens-those-who-are-never-tempted-by-it-and/)

[Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/)

> [Money-crimes have an abstract quality. History is laden with the victims of gold, but their remains are odourless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/money-crimes-have-an-abstract-quality-history-is-laden-with-the/)

[Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/)

> [Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/faith-is-not-a-thing-which-one-loses-we-merely-cease-to-shape-our/)

[Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/)

> [Hell, madame, is to love no longer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-bernanos/hell-madame-is-to-love-no-longer/)

[Georges Bernanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-bernanos/)

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