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! — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
Fact is Our Lord knew all about the power of money: He gave capitalism a tiny niche in His scheme of things, He gave… — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
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… — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
Optimism approves of everything, submits to everything, believes everything; it is the virtue above all of the taxpayer. — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
I have done no passably decent job in this world which did not at first seem to me useless - absurdly useless, useless to… — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
I have just discovered something I have always known: we can no more escape from one another than we can escape from God. — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterward. — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice? Let us rather call it… — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
Chantal's only ruse ... was her shattering simplicity. While a weak man or an imposter is always more complicated than the problem he is… — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
Suicide only really frightens those who are never tempted by it and never will be, for its darkness only welcomes those who are predestined… — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
