"Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses."

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Source : Georges Bernanos (1955). “Last essays”

Georges Bernanos

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“This supernatural bread and this consecrated chalice are for the health and salvation of mankind.”
“Dear me! I must be turning into a god.”
“It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome. . . . Children must early learn the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. . . . The Indians in their simplicity literally give away all that they haveâ€”to relatives, to guests of other tribes or clans, but above all to the poor and the aged, from whom they can hope for no return.”
“There are three levels of happiness: the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life.”

Source : Joel Garreau (2005). “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human”, p.260, Broadway Books
“Enough of that, you damned conspirators, you will have us hanged a great deal sooner than we will.”

Source : Naomi Novik (2009). “In His Majesty's Service: Three Novels of Temeraire (His Majesty's Service, Throne of Jade, and Black Powder War)”, p.209, Del Rey
“I dont want to just play gay characters, ... I think it would get boring to play the same thing again and again and again.”
“Wishing, like sipping a glass of punch, or pulling aside a bearskin rug in order to access a hidden trapdoor in the floor, is merely a quiet way to spend one's time before the candles are extinguished on one's birthday cake.”
“When I stood up there as a pinch hitter, I honestly believed I was the best hitter in the game. That's the only attitude to have.”

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