The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. – Georges Bernanos
Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses. – Georges Bernanos
What does the truth matter? Havent 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
What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around. – Georges Bernanos