Quotes by Renan, Ernest

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority >>

To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to s >>

Man makes holy what he believes. >>

Quotations about Sacrifice

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law >>

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpo >>

He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a >>

As soon as sacrifice becomes a duty and necessity to mankind. I see no limit to the horizon which opens before him.

Renan, Ernest