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Quotes from Pilgrim of the Absolute — Léon Bloy

1846–1917 France

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One sees the world's evil accurately only by exaggerating it.

Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947)

My anger is the effervescence of my pity.

Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947)

You are always on the right side when you are with those who suffer persecution and injustice.

Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947)

The exercise of freedom consists in stripping oneself of one's own will.

Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947)

The rich have a horror of Poverty because they have a dim foreboding of the expiatory interchange implied by her presence.

Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947)

Of the truths which embarrass him he thinks it better to remain unaware.

Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947)

The Bourgeois who has religious feelings sees very clearly the absolute necessity of serving two masters at the same time in order to achieve success in his business, which naturally comes before everything else.

Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947)

Unhappy writer, you had dreamt of winning souls and you have won nothing but ears!

Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947)

You had hoped that the beloved and noble images flowing from your heart would serve as a river to carry to God many another heart! But, as you see, people are afraid of getting wet.

Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947)

Woe to him who has not begged!
There is nothing more exalted than to beg.
God begs. The Angels beg. Kings, Prophets, and Saints beg.

Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947)

A perfectly true thought, expressed in very sound terms, can satisfy the reason without giving any impression of the Beautiful; but in that case certainly there is something false in its statement. It is essential that Truth be in Glory. Splendor of style is not a luxury. It is a necessity.

Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Léon Bloy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.