"[P]ride has no intrinsic substance, being no more than the name given to the soul devouring itself. When that loathsome perversion of love has borne its fruit, it has another, more meaningful and weightier name. We call it hatred."

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Source : Georges Bernanos (1999). “The Impostor”, p.156, U of Nebraska Press

Georges Bernanos

#Meaningful Quotes #Names Quotes #Hatred Quotes

“You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.”
“I think it doesn't matter if you are the best surfer in the world. I'm going to try to be the best surfer I can be. It's not all about competing and being the best. It's more about having fun and just doing what you love.”
“Its impossible to go onto the Tardis set and not play with things and fiddle with dials.”
“I am curious, I love making discoveries, travelling, speaking with people, go shopping.”
“The sun shall shine in ages yet to be, The musing moon illumine pastures dim, And afterwards a new nativity For all who slept the dreamless interim.”

Source : Nathalia Crane (1925). “The Janitor's Boy and Other Poems”
“Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.”
“The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.”
“Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding.”

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