31 Quotes by Paul Claudel

Youth was not made for pleasure, but for heroism.

God did not come to do away with suffering; he did not even come to explain it. He came to fill it with his presence.

Order is the pleasure of the reason; but disorder is the delight of the imagination.

Dios no ha venido a suprimir el sufrimiento. Ni siquiera ha venido a explicarlo. Ha venido a llenarlo con su presencia.

Le mal même comporte son bien qu'il ne faut pas laisser perdre

All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.

It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.

How amazing it is to be alive Anyone who lives and breathes and puts both feet on the ground, What possible reason could he have for envying the gods

The only living socities are those which are animated by inequality and injustice.