A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.
- Georges Bernanos Quote

Faith is not a thing which one "loses," we merely cease to shape our lives by it.
- Georges Bernanos Quote

Hope is a risk that must be run.
- Georges Bernanos Quote

It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.
- Georges Bernanos Quote

Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.
- Georges Bernanos Quote

Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it.
- Georges Bernanos Quote

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
- Georges Bernanos Quote

The modern state no longer has anything but rights; it does not recognize duties any more.
- Georges Bernanos Quote

The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us.
- Georges Bernanos Quote

Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterward.
- Georges Bernanos Quote

What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!
- Georges Bernanos Quote