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Henri Barbusse Quotes

I believe that around us there is only one word on all sides, one immense word which reveals our solitude and extinguishes our radiance: Nothing! I believe that that word does not point to our insignificance or our unhappiness, but on the contrary to our fulfillment and our divinity, since everything is in ourselves Picture Quote #1

All lovers in the world are alike: they fall in love by chance; they see each other, and are attached to each other by the features of their faces; they illuminate each other by the fierce preference which is akin to madness; they assert the reality of illusions; and for a moment they change falsehood into truth Picture Quote #1

I am more sensitive than other people. Things that other people would not notice awaken a distinct echo in me, and in such moments of lucidity, when I look at myself, I see that I am alone, all alone, all alone Picture Quote #1

I have such respect for the actual truth that there are moments when I do not dare to call things by their name, the poet ended Picture Quote #1

Whatever our ignorance left to itself, and whatever the wounds that other human beings are, we ought to study ourselves with a sort of devotion Picture Quote #1

The poet seemed to be searching for something, to be seeing things, and believing infinitely. He was in another world where everything we see is true and everything we say is unforgettable Picture Quote #1

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The people who live my truth, what do they say when they speak of themselves? Does the echo of what I am thinking issue from their mouths, or error, or falsehood? Picture Quote #1

There is an attraction for you which does not exist for me, since I do not feel any pleasure. You see, we are making a bargain. You give me a dream, I give you joy. But all this is not love Picture Quote #1

We hear talk of sanctified selfishness, of the adorable expansion of one race across the others, of noble hatreds and glorious conquests, and we see these ideals trying to take shape on all hands Picture Quote #1

I am not slighting intellect; but life is common to us along with poorer living things than ourselves. He who kills an animal, however lowly it may be, unless there is necessity, is an assassin Picture Quote #1

Each country will be a moral force, and no longer a brutal force; while all brutal forces clash with themselves, all moral forces make mighty harmony together Picture Quote #1

Let everything be remade on simple lines. There is only one people, there is only one people! Picture Quote #1

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To accomplish the majestically practical work, to shape the whole architecture like a statue, base nothing on impossible modifications of human nature; await nothing from pity Picture Quote #1

All that we can remember is almost nothing. Memory is greater than we are, but memory is living and mortal as well Picture Quote #1

There is no paradise except that which we create in the great tomb of the churches. There is no hell, no inferno except the frenzy of living Picture Quote #1

The woman from the depths of her rags, a waif, a martyr - smiled. She must have a divine heart to be so tired and yet smile Picture Quote #1

We have the divinity of our great misery. And our solitude, with its toilsome ideas, tears and laughter, is fatally divine Picture Quote #1

I saw that they wanted to kill the past. When we are old, we let it die; when we are young and strong, we kill it Picture Quote #1

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I am incapable of carrying on a discussion to fruitful lengths. I am incapable of the audacity of being logical. I confess to you, my boy, I have not the strength to be right Picture Quote #1

I had no genius, no mission to fulfill, no great heart to bestow. I had nothing and I deserved nothing. But all the same I desired some sort of reward Picture Quote #1

It was suicide. Others killed themselves with poison or with a revolver. I killed myself with minutes and hours Picture Quote #1

Once, after we had recalled to each other an enchanted summer evening, I said, we loved each other, and she answered, I remember Picture Quote #1

I love you, but I love the past even more. I long for it, I long for it, I am consumed with longing for it. The past! I shall cry, I shall suffer because the past will never come back again Picture Quote #1

I was thirty years old. I had lost my father and mother eighteen or twenty years before, so long ago that Picture Quote #1

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From their mouths, or error, or falsehood? Night fell. I looked for a word like mine, a word to lean upon, a word to sustain me. And it seemed to me that I was Picture Quote #1

She is one with me. Love - it comes back to me. Love is an unhappy man and unhappy woman. I awake - uttering the feeble cry of the babe new born Picture Quote #1

I - my heart - a gaping heart, enthroned in a radiance of blood. It is mine, it is ours. The heart - that wound which we have. I have compassion on myself Picture Quote #1

Truth is simple. They who say that truth is complicated deceive themselves, and the truth is not in them Picture Quote #1

War! Some of the invalids break the silence, and say the word again under their breath, reflecting that this is the greatest happening of the age, and perhaps of all ages. Even on the lucid landscape at which they gaze the news casts something like a vague and somber mirage Picture Quote #1

I have confidence in the abyss of the people. And those words stabbed me to the heart and dilated my eyes with horror, for it seemed to me suddenly, in a flash, that he understood what he was saying! Picture Quote #1

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I believe that around us there is only one word on all sides, one immense word which reveals our solitude and extinguishes our radiance: Nothing! I believe that that word does not point to our insignificance or our unhappiness, but on the contrary to our fulfillment and our divinity, since everything is in ourselves (Henri Barbusse Quotes) All lovers in the world are alike: they fall in love by chance; they see each other, and are attached to each other by the features of their faces; they illuminate each other by the fierce preference which is akin to madness; they assert the reality of illusions; and for a moment they change falsehood into truth (Henri Barbusse Quotes) I am more sensitive than other people. Things that other people would not notice awaken a distinct echo in me, and in such moments of lucidity, when I look at myself, I see that I am alone, all alone, all alone (Henri Barbusse Quotes) I have such respect for the actual truth that there are moments when I do not dare to call things by their name, the poet ended (Henri Barbusse Quotes) Whatever our ignorance left to itself, and whatever the wounds that other human beings are, we ought to study ourselves with a sort of devotion (Henri Barbusse Quotes) The poet seemed to be searching for something, to be seeing things, and believing infinitely. He was in another world where everything we see is true and everything we say is unforgettable (Henri Barbusse Quotes) The people who live my truth, what do they say when they speak of themselves? Does the echo of what I am thinking issue from their mouths, or error, or falsehood? (Henri Barbusse Quotes) There is an attraction for you which does not exist for me, since I do not feel any pleasure. You see, we are making a bargain. You give me a dream, I give you joy. But all this is not love (Henri Barbusse Quotes) We hear talk of sanctified selfishness, of the adorable expansion of one race across the others, of noble hatreds and glorious conquests, and we see these ideals trying to take shape on all hands (Henri Barbusse Quotes) I am not slighting intellect; but life is common to us along with poorer living things than ourselves. He who kills an animal, however lowly it may be, unless there is necessity, is an assassin (Henri Barbusse Quotes) Each country will be a moral force, and no longer a brutal force; while all brutal forces clash with themselves, all moral forces make mighty harmony together (Henri Barbusse Quotes) Let everything be remade on simple lines. There is only one people, there is only one people! (Henri Barbusse Quotes) To accomplish the majestically practical work, to shape the whole architecture like a statue, base nothing on impossible modifications of human nature; await nothing from pity (Henri Barbusse Quotes) All that we can remember is almost nothing. Memory is greater than we are, but memory is living and mortal as well (Henri Barbusse Quotes) There is no paradise except that which we create in the great tomb of the churches. There is no hell, no inferno except the frenzy of living (Henri Barbusse Quotes) The woman from the depths of her rags, a waif, a martyr - smiled. She must have a divine heart to be so tired and yet smile (Henri Barbusse Quotes) We have the divinity of our great misery. And our solitude, with its toilsome ideas, tears and laughter, is fatally divine (Henri Barbusse Quotes) I saw that they wanted to kill the past. When we are old, we let it die; when we are young and strong, we kill it (Henri Barbusse Quotes) I am incapable of carrying on a discussion to fruitful lengths. I am incapable of the audacity of being logical. I confess to you, my boy, I have not the strength to be right (Henri Barbusse Quotes) I had no genius, no mission to fulfill, no great heart to bestow. I had nothing and I deserved nothing. But all the same I desired some sort of reward (Henri Barbusse Quotes) It was suicide. Others killed themselves with poison or with a revolver. I killed myself with minutes and hours (Henri Barbusse Quotes) Once, after we had recalled to each other an enchanted summer evening, I said, we loved each other, and she answered, I remember (Henri Barbusse Quotes) I love you, but I love the past even more. I long for it, I long for it, I am consumed with longing for it. The past! I shall cry, I shall suffer because the past will never come back again (Henri Barbusse Quotes) I was thirty years old. I had lost my father and mother eighteen or twenty years before, so long ago that (Henri Barbusse Quotes) From their mouths, or error, or falsehood? Night fell. I looked for a word like mine, a word to lean upon, a word to sustain me. And it seemed to me that I was (Henri Barbusse Quotes) She is one with me. Love - it comes back to me. Love is an unhappy man and unhappy woman. I awake - uttering the feeble cry of the babe new born (Henri Barbusse Quotes) I - my heart - a gaping heart, enthroned in a radiance of blood. It is mine, it is ours. The heart - that wound which we have. I have compassion on myself (Henri Barbusse Quotes) Truth is simple. They who say that truth is complicated deceive themselves, and the truth is not in them (Henri Barbusse Quotes) War! Some of the invalids break the silence, and say the word again under their breath, reflecting that this is the greatest happening of the age, and perhaps of all ages. Even on the lucid landscape at which they gaze the news casts something like a vague and somber mirage (Henri Barbusse Quotes) I have confidence in the abyss of the people. And those words stabbed me to the heart and dilated my eyes with horror, for it seemed to me suddenly, in a flash, that he understood what he was saying! (Henri Barbusse Quotes)

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