Life holds only one tragedy, ultimately: not to have been a saint. Charles Peguy More Quotes by Charles Peguy More Quotes From Charles Peguy Tyranny is always better organized than freedom. Charles Peguy libertarian-party liberty teaching We shall never know how many acts of cowardice have been motivated by the fear of appearing not sufficiently progressive. Charles Peguy cowardice progressive courage A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket. Charles Peguy pockets tears writing He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers. Charles Peguy honesty truth liars We said that a single injustice, a single crime, a single illegality, particularly if it is officially recorded, confirmed, a single wrong to humanity, a single wrong to justice and to right, particularly if it is universally, legally, nationally, commodiously accepted, that a single crime shatters and is sufficient to shatter the whole social pact, the whole social contract, that a single legal crime, a single dishonorable act will bring about the loss of ones honor, the dishonor of a whole people. It is a touch of gangrene that corrupts the entire body. Charles Peguy loss justice people We must always tell what we see. Above all, and this is more difficult, we must always see what we see. Charles Peguy clarity difficult inspirational The faith that I love the best, says God, is hope. Charles Peguy Freedom is a system based on courage. Charles Peguy courage history The sinner is at the heart of Christianity. No one is as competent as the sinner in matters of Christianity. No one, except a saint. Charles Peguy saint matter heart It has never been given to a man to attain at once his happiness and his salvation. Charles Peguy salvation happiness men When a man dies, he does not just die of the disease he has: he dies of his whole life. Charles Peguy dying doe men Everything begins in mysticism and ends in politics. Charles Peguy mysticism ends What is most contrary to salvation is not sin but habit. Charles Peguy salvation habit sin Homer is new this morning, and perhaps nothing is as old as today's newspaper. Charles Peguy newspapers morning today The honest man must be a perpetual renegade, the life of an honest man a perpetual infidelity. For the man who wishes to remain faithful to truth must make himself perpetually unfaithful to all the continual, successive, indefatigable renascent errors Charles Peguy errors honesty men Any father whose son raises his hand against him is guilty of having produced a son who raised his hand against him. Charles Peguy father hands son It is better to have a war for justice than peace in injustice. Charles Peguy justice war peace It is the essence of genius to make use of the simplest ideas. Charles Peguy creativity essence ideas Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love. Charles Peguy real love-is friendship I prefer a saint with faults to a sinner with none. Charles Peguy self-respect faults saint
