Quotes by Bernanos, Georges

A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an a >>

What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a ta >>

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the f >>

Quotations about Riches

That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. >>

Have you never been moved by poor men's fidelity, the image of you the >>

To value riches is not to be covetous. They are the gift of God, and, >>

Have you never been moved by poor men's fidelity, the image of you they form in their simple minds? Why should you always talk of their envy, without understanding that what they ask of you is not so much your worldly goods, as something very hard to define, which they themselves can put no name to; yet at times it consoles their loneliness; a dream of splendor, of magnificence, a tawdry dream, a poor man's dream --and yet God blesses it!

Bernanos, Georges