41 Quotes by Jean Giono

Panturle was a huge man. He looked like a piece of wood walking along.

Il était comme ces moines qui sont obligés de faire effort pour s'arracher d'où ils sont et venir où vous êtes; imiter les rires et les mots auxquels vous êtes habitués; avoir la politesse ou le mépris de ne pas trop vous surprendre.

¿Quién dijo aquello de: "Un rey sin diversión es un hombre lleno de miserias"?

Civilization tries to persuade us we are going towards something, a distant goal. We have forgotten that our only goal is to live, to live each and every day, and that if we live each and every day, our true goal is achieved.

Days begin and end in the dead of night. They are not shaped long, in the manner of things which lead to ends – arrow, road, man’s life on earth. They are shaped round, in the manner of things eternal and stable – sun, world, God.

Remember, all of man’s happiness is in the little valleys. Tiny little ones. Small enough to call from one side to the other.

There are also times in life when a person has to rush off in pursuit of hopefulness.

Spring sprang suddenly onto the land.

From the time we began to build houses and cities, since we invented the wheel, we have not advanced one step toward happiness. We have always been in halves. As long as we invent and progress in mechanical things and not in love, we shall not achieve happiness.