50 Quotes by Henri Barbusse

I see too deep and too much.

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.

I believe, in spite of all, in truth's victory. I believe in the momentous value, hereafter inviolable, of those few truly fraternal men in all the countries of the world, who, in the oscillation of national egoisms let loose, stand up and stand out, steadfast as the glorious statues of Right and Duty.

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.

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.

Stop war? Impossible! There is no cure for the world's disease.

I keep remembering — I keep remembering. My heart has no pity on me.

I keep remembering – I keep remembering. My heart has no pity on me.

Two armies at death-grips – that is one great army committing suicide.