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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 al... - MORE 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

thinking | thoughtful

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Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice? Let us rather call it injus... - MORE Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice? Let us rather call it injustice, but of a sly effective order, based entirely on cruel knowledge of the resistance of the weak, their capacity for pain, humiliation and misery. Injustice sustained at the exact degree of necessary tension to turn the cogs of the huge machine-for- the-making-of-rich-men, without bursting the boiler.

Georges Bernanos

justice

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When you think of the huge uninterrupted success of a book like Don Quixote, you're bound to realize that if humankind have not ye... - MORE When you think of the huge uninterrupted success of a book like Don Quixote, you're bound to realize that if humankind have not yet finished being revenged, by sheer laughter, for being let down in their greatest hope, it is because that hope was cherished so long and lay so deep!

Georges Bernanos

disappointment

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It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.

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courage

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What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, ... - MORE What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!

Georges Bernanos

lies | lying

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A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.

Georges Bernanos

poverty and the poor

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Fact is Our Lord knew all about the power of money: He gave capitalism a tiny niche in His scheme of things, He gave it a chance, ... - MORE Fact is Our Lord knew all about the power of money: He gave capitalism a tiny niche in His scheme of things, He gave it a chance, He even provided a first instalment of funds. Can you beat that? It's so magnificent. God despises nothing. After all, if the deal had come off, Judas would probably have endowed sanatoriums, hospitals, public libraries or laboratories.

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capitalism

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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... - MORE 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 that 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

lust

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They can never have known old monks, wise, shrewd, unerring in judgment, and yet aglow with passionate insight, so very tender in ... - MORE They can never have known old monks, wise, shrewd, unerring in judgment, and yet aglow with passionate insight, so very tender in their humanity. What miracle enables these semi-lunatics, these prisoners of their own dreams, these sleepwalkers, apparently to enter more deeply each day into the pain of others? An odd sort of dream, an unusual opiate which, far from turning him back into himself and isolating him from his fellows, unites the individual with mankind in the spirit of universal charity!

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monks

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Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it. Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.

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sin

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