Georges Bernanos

Suicide only really frightens those who are never tempted by it and never will be, for its darkness only welcomes those who are predestined to it. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

#suicide

Our habits are our friends. Even our bad habits." -- Diary of a Country Priest ↗

— Georges Bernanos

#spirituality #nature

The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

#prayer #inspirational

On ne comprends rien à la civilisation moderne, si l'on n'admet pas d'abord qu'elle est une conspiration universelle contre toute espèce de vie intérieure. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

#french #spirituality #catholicism

Il faut beaucoup d'indisciplinés pour faire un peuple libre. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

#freedom

Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterward. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

#comfort #first #meant #save #truth

The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

#god #itself #more #pray #prayer

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

#does #much #nothing #proceed #result

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

— Georges Bernanos

#faith #lives #loses #merely #our

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

#bread #his #hope #illusion #man