Crossings Quote by Emile Chartier

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

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

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

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

The most difficult thing in the world is to say thinkingly what everybody says without thinking.

— Emile Chartier

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

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

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

To think is to say no.

— Emile Chartier

If religion is only human, and its form is man's form, it follows that everything in religion is true.

— Emile Chartier

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

What is a thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns.

— Emile Chartier