Jules Renard
35 quotes
Biography
"Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others."
"Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted."
"It`s not how old you are, it`s how you are old."
"I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't."
"As I grow to understand life less and less,I learn to love it more and more."
"If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room."
"It is necessary to love nature and men in spite of their mud. (March 27, C.E.1893; Vergani, p. 65)"
"The layman is the man who tirelessly seeks God and never finds Him. (June 16, C.E.1902; Vergani, p. 198)"
"It is tremendous how hard it is to take an interest in the ailments of others when you are well. (January 26, C.E.1910; Vergani, p. 281)"
"There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire."
"I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries."
"Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock."
"The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice."
"It is when we are faced with death that we turn most bookish."
"The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it."
"the important people in our lives leave imprints. they may die or go in the physical realm, but they are always there in your heart, because they helped form your heart"
"A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea."
"The peasant is the only species of human being who doesn't like the country and never looks at it."
"Look for the ridiculous in everything and you find it."
"True courage consists in being courageous precisely when when we're not."
"Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none"
"I am afraid I shall not find Him but I shall still look for Him. If He exists He may be appreciative of my efforts."
"Being bored is an insult to oneself."
"Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it."
"On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it."