One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage. — 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
