And what have you laymen made of hell? A kind of penal servitude for eternity, on the lines of your convict prisons on earth, to which you condemn in advance all the wretched felons your police have hunted from the… — 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
