The Eucharist engages us unreservedly; it is a pact of love, an alliance signed in the deeper recesses of our being. All our potentialities are called upon to warrant the protection and fulfillment of this pact. Francois Mauriac More Quotes by Francois Mauriac More Quotes From Francois Mauriac God does not answer our desperate questionings; he simply gives us himself. Francois Mauriac answers doe giving This God who, as the psalmist said, built His tabernacles in the sun, now establishes Himself in the very core of the flesh and the blood. Francois Mauriac flesh sun blood The scapegoat has always had the mysterious power of unleashing man's ferocious pleasure in torturing, corrupting, and befouling. Francois Mauriac mysterious pleasure men Every novel worthy of the name is like another planet, whether large or small, which has its own laws just as it has its own flora and fauna. Francois Mauriac flora-and-fauna law names The grandeur of man lies in song, not in thought. Francois Mauriac song men lying Being for every man the touchstone of faith and love, the Eucharist, like on the Cross, divided the minds as soon as it was announced... Nothing engages a man as much as does the Eucharist Francois Mauriac and-love mind men The temples of those who deny the Real Presence are like corpses. The Lord was taken away and we do not know where they have laid Him. Francois Mauriac temples taken real I believe that only poetry counts ... A great novelist is first of all a great poet. Francois Mauriac novelists believe firsts We know well only what we are deprived of. Francois Mauriac deprived wells knows Let us be wary of ready-made ideas about cowardice and courage: the same burden weighs infinitely more heavily on some shoulders than on others. Francois Mauriac cowardice burden ideas The arrogance of poets is only a defense; doubt gnaws the greatest among them; they need our testimony to escape despair. Francois Mauriac despair arrogance doubt A good critic is the sorcerer who makes some hidden spring gush forth unexpectedly under our feet. Francois Mauriac criticism feet spring I love Germany so much I'm glad there are two of them. Francois Mauriac germany glad two I love Germany so dearly that I hope there will always be two of them. Francois Mauriac will always hope love
