"Civilization exists precisely so that there may be……" — Georges Bernanos
"Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses."
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Georges Bernanos
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40 Quotes by Georges Bernanos
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It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.
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Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume…
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The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
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A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.
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A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from…
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No one ever discovers the depths of his own loneliness.
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Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.
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It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.
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The world is eaten up by boredom. You can't see it all at once. It is like dust. You go…
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To be able to share in another's joy, that is the secret of happiness.
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Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice? Let…
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What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight…
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If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish. Go alert your bishop.
— Glenn Beck
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I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion…
— Harold Brodkey
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This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries,…
— Margaret Chan
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When I see someone who is starved, they don't look alert. They don't have boundless energy. If you're too skinny,…
— Kirstie Alley
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I will! I am! I can! I will actualize my dream. I will press ahead. I will settle down and…
— Robert H. Schuller
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Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men…
— Louis D. Brandeis
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The land retains an identity of its own, still deeper and more subtle than we can know. Our obligation toward…
— Barry Lopez
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With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and…
— Thorstein Veblen
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In the morn of life we are alert, we are heated in its noon, and only in its decline do…
— Walter Savage Landor
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Restfulness is a quality for cattle; the virtues are all active, life is alert.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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Mindfulness is Buddha's word for meditation. By mindfulness he means: you should always remain alert, watchful. You should always remain…
— Rajneesh
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I like to see the people awake and alert.
— Thomas Jefferson
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