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Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives by it.
Georges Bernanos
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Georges Bernanos
Age: 60 †
Born: 1888
Born: February 20
Died: 1948
Died: July 5
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9th arrondissement
Paris
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I have done no passably decent job in this world which did not at first seem to me useless - absurdly useless, useless to the point of nausea. My secret demon is called:: What's the use?
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[T]he cradle is shallower than the grave.
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Truth is meant to save you first, and the comfort comes afterwards.
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Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.
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I have just discovered something I have always known: we can no more escape from one another than we can escape from God.
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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.
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It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.
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[A] good Christian does not care for miracles very much, because a miracle is God looking after His own affairs, and we prefer looking after them for Him.
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First of all, be what you are.
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