Home / Authors / Georges Bernanos

Georges Bernanos Quotes

Author

Georges Bernanos, born on February 20, 1888, was a renowned French novelist and playwright. His works deeply revealed the complexities of human nature and the dark aspects of society, making him an important representative of French literature.

Filter quotes by topic

All Men Firsts Doe Literature Christian Knows Religion Should Catholic Catholicism Christianity Hell Pity Prayer Seems Soul World Dangerous Despise Faces

Famous Georges Bernanos Quotes

“Appearances are nothing.... And first of all they should not be feared, they are only dangerous to the weak.”

Should Firsts Dangerous Weak Appearance

Author:Georges Bernanos

“I have done no passably decent job in this world which did not at first seem to me useless - absurdly useless, useless to the point of nausea. My secret demon is called:;: What's the use?”

World Firsts Done Use Seems Jobs Secret This World Useless Demon Decent Nausea

Book:A diary of my times

Source: A diary of my times

“The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.”

Firsts Mean Stills Ends Literature Alive Corruption Tyranny Deception Justify Tyrants Ends Justify The Means Corrupt Society Ends And Means

Book:Last Essays

Source: Last Essays

“What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around.”

Firsts Young Knowing Bird Pity Flight Irony Sentiments Surround Tenderness Adolescence Teenage Cunning Mixtures Watchfulness

Book:The Diary of a Country Priest

Source: The Diary of a Country Priest

“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 installment 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.”

Ifs Firsts Facts Chance Deals Lord Beats Capitalism Library Tiny Fund Hospitals Despise Schemes Magnificent Our Lord Laboratory Niche Public Library Judas

Book:The Diary of a Country Priest

Source: The Diary of a Country Priest

“I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don't despise it. But it can't quench pain, it slips through your soul as through a sieve. And when our suffering has been dragged from one pity to another, as from one mouth to another, we can no longer respect or love it.”

Knows Love Firsts Has Beens Soul Pain Suffering Compassion Mouths Pity Your Soul Relief Despise Slips Quench

Book:The Diary of a Country Priest

Source: The Diary of a Country Priest

“Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterwards.”

Firsts Truth Comfort Truth Is

Author:Georges Bernanos

“When writing of oneself one should show no mercy. Yet why at the first attempt to discover one's own truth does all inner strength seem to melt away in floods of self-pity and tenderness and rising tears?”

Should Writing Firsts Doe Self Shows Seems Tears Mercy Oneself Pity Rising Inner Strength Tenderness Flood Autobiography Self Pity

Book:The Diary of a Country Priest

Source: The Diary of a Country Priest

About the Author

Born: February 20, 1888
Died: July 5, 1948
Known for: Author
Quotes: 79

Books & Sources

The Diary of a Country PriestRelated source material

Last EssaysRelated source material

Monsieur OuineRelated source material

A diary of my timesRelated source material

The ImpostorRelated source material

MouchetteRelated source material

7 romans de Georges Bernanos : Sous le soleil de Satan, L’Imposture, La Joie, Un crime, Journal d’un curé de campagne, Nouvelle Histoire de Mouchette, Monsieur OuineRelated source material

Dialogues des carmélitesRelated source material

Les Enfants humiliésRelated source material

Plea for Liberty: Letters to the English, the Americans, the EuropeansRelated source material

Similar Authors

Anthony TrollopeBrowse related quotes
Herman MelvilleBrowse related quotes
AeschylusBrowse related quotes
HesiodBrowse related quotes
D. H. LawrenceBrowse related quotes
Edwin Louis ColeBrowse related quotes
Gilbert K. ChestertonBrowse related quotes
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelBrowse related quotes
Joseph AddisonBrowse related quotes
Miguel de CervantesBrowse related quotes