Henry de Montherlant Professions : Essayist Born : April 26, 1895 Died : September 21, 1972 Browse All Authors Top 19 quotes by Henry de Montherlant Happiness writes in white ink on a white page. Henry de Montherlant ink white writing A single nation that has succeeded in lowering the intelligence, the morality, the quality of the human race almost throughout the globe is a phenomenon never before experienced since the beginning of time. I accuse the United States of being in a constant state of crime against humanity. Henry de Montherlant quality race humanity Catholicism has made man stupid, but it has not degraded him; it has introduced as many good and beautiful things as bad things. The United States have simply degraded humanity. Catholicism has done less harm in two thousand years than the United States in two hundred. Henry de Montherlant stupid beautiful men I have only the idea I have made of myself to sustain me on oceans of nothingness Henry de Montherlant ocean made ideas Most affections are habits or duties we lack the courage to end. Henry de Montherlant affection habit courage We like someone because. We love someone although. Henry de Montherlant love-someone love There is only one way to be prepared for death: to be sated. In the soul, in the heart, in the spirit, in the flesh. To the brim. Henry de Montherlant soul heart inspiring Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them. Henry de Montherlant triumph men world We have understood nothing of life until we have understood that it is one vast confusion. Henry de Montherlant understood confusion A man doesn't dream about a woman because he thinks her "mysterious"; he decides that she is "mysterious" to justify his dreaming of her. Henry de Montherlant dream men thinking ... when something is detestable, and yet inevitable, what one must do is not merely to endure it-a hard task whatever one may do-but find an excuse for loving it. Everything is a matter of points of view, and misfortune is often only the sign of a false interpretation of life. Henry de Montherlant tasks views may Religion is the venereal disease of mankind. Henry de Montherlant mankind atheism disease The United States is evil ... it is the canker of the world. Henry de Montherlant united-states evil world It's when the thing itself is missing that you have to supply the word. Henry de Montherlant missing It is through chance that, from among the various individuals of which each of us is composed, one emerges rather than another. Henry de Montherlant various individual chance It is because he was unhappy that God created the world. Henry de Montherlant creativity unhappy world The United States is evil. Henry de Montherlant united-states states evil Great ideas are not charitable. Henry de Montherlant charitable great-idea ideas One puts into one's art what one has not been capable of putting into one's existence. It is because he was unhappy that God created the world. Henry de Montherlant unhappy world art Similar Authors Arland Ussher essayist Amy Levy essayist Alain Finkielkraut essayist Ahad Ha'am essayist Agnes Repplier essayist Ilan Stavans essayist All Authors
