31 Quotes by Paul Claudel

Eighty years old! No eyes left, no ears, no teeth, no legs, no wind! And when all is said and done, how astonishingly well one does without them.

Doctor, do you think it could have been the sausage?

Open your eyes! The world is still intact; it is as pristine as it was on the first day, as fresh as milk!

Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

We must not seek happiness in peace, but in conflict.

When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.

Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.

Jesus did not come to explain away suffering or remove it. He came to fill it with His Presence.

Intelligence is nothing without delight.