“Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures.” MenRoomsWingsOwnersVenturePalacesDeserted Author:Francois Mauriac
“If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.” IfsMenInspirationalHeartBookReading Author:Francois Mauriac
“Being for every man the touchstone of faith and love, the Eucharist, like on the Cross, divided the minds as soon as it was announced... Nothing engages a man as much as does the Eucharist” MenMindDoeCrossesAnd LoveEvery ManDividedSacramentsEucharistTouchstonesFaith And Love Author:Francois Mauriac
“The man who partakes in the breaking of the bread dares to build his house on the very core of love. He becomes, as it were, Godlike, but regardless of the strength he derives from it, his free will remains. We are always free to disown this immense grace, to abuse it. The Greatest Love may be betrayed. Fed on the Living Bread, we nevertheless conceal a part of ourselves which longs for swine's food.” MenMayHouseGraceHe ManAbuseRemainsDareCoreBreadFedsFree WillImmenseNeverthelessSacramentsBetrayedGreatest LoveGodlikeSwine Author:Francois Mauriac
“The scapegoat has always had the mysterious power of unleashing man's ferocious pleasure in torturing, corrupting, and befouling.” MenPleasureMysteriousScapegoatUnleashing Author:Francois Mauriac
“A man's passion for the mountain is, above all, his childhood which refuses to die.” MenDiesPassionChildhoodMountainRefuseClimbing Author:Francois Mauriac
“The grandeur of man lies in song, not in thought.” MenLyingSongGrandeurLying Men Author:Francois Mauriac
“A writer is essentially a man who does not resign himself to loneliness.” MenWritingDoeLoneliness Author:Francois Mauriac