It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely. – Georges Duhamel
The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it? – Georges Duhamel
Do not trust your memory it is a net full of holes the most beautiful prizes slip through it. – Georges Duhamel
I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world. – Georges Duhamel
The victory of Christianity over paganism was the greatest psychic revolution in the history of our culture. By destroying pagan animism, Christianity made it possible to exploit nature in a mood of indifference to the feelings of natural objects. – Lynn I. White, Jr., Science, 10 March 1967