69 Quotes by Ernest Renan

The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.

I can die when I wish to: that is my elixir of life.

Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people.

You may take great comfort from the fact that suffering inwardly for the sake of truth proves abundantly that one loves it and marks one out as being of the elect.

The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.

O Lord - if there is a Lord; save my soul - if I have a soul

The only way of salvation for the world is by returning to thy allegiance.... Firm in my faith, I shall have force to withstand my evil counsellors, my skepticism, which leads me to doubt of the people, my restless spirit which, after truth has been brought to light, impels to go on searching for it...

Jesus was the greatest religious genius that ever lived.

As soon as sacrifice becomes a duty and necessity to mankind. I see no limit to the horizon which opens before him.