Georges Bernanos Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Georges Bernanos quotes, Georges Bernanos sayings, and Georges Bernanos proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Lust is a mysterious wound in the side of humanity; or rather, at the very source of its life! To confound this lust in man with t hat desire which unites the sexes is like confusing a tumor with the very organ which it devours, a tumor whose very deformity horribly reproduces the shape. Georges Bernanos
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. Georges Bernanos
A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. Georges Bernanos
It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. Georges Bernanos
More often than not, nothingness is reluctantly and despairingly taken to be the only hypothesis possible when all the others have failed, since by definition it cannot be disproven and is beyond the scope of reason. 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
It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so. Georges Bernanos
Appearances are nothing.... And first of all they should not be feared, they are only dangerous to the weak. Georges Bernanos
It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so. Georges Bernanos
A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. Georges Bernanos
It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so 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
Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air. Georges Bernanos
Democracies cannot dispense with hypocrisy any more than dictatorships can with cynicism. 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 modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties anymore. 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