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Faith is not a thing which one 'loses,' we merely cease to shape our lives by it.
Georges Bernanos
Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it.
Georges Bernanos
It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.
Georges Bernanos
A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.
Georges Bernanos
Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.
Georges Bernanos
The first sign that corruption in a society is still alive is the attitude that the end justifies the means. (adpated)
Georges Bernanos
Fear, true fear, is a savage frenzy. Of all the insanities of which we are capable, it is surely the most cruel.
Georges Bernanos
A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.
Georges Bernanos
Our rages, daughters of despair, creep and squirm like worms. Prayer is the only form of revolt which remains upright.
Georges Bernanos
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