Five Great Odes
A source page for quotes linked to Paul Claudel.
“The only living socities are those which are animated by inequality and injustice.”
“It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.”
“Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.”
“Jesus did not come to explain away suffering or remove it. He came to fill it with His Presence.”
“Speak about Christ only when you are asked. But live so that people ask about Christ!”
“You explain nothing, O poet, but thanks to you all things become explicable.”
“When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.”