Francois Mauriac
Francois Mauriac
François Charles Mauriacwas a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of the Académie française, and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur in 1958...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 October 1885
CountryFrance
love-is two weakness
Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses.
children discipline doe
Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell.
grace too-late mystery
That is the mystery of grace: it never comes too late.
soul doubt agitation
Doubt is nothing but a trivial agitation on the surface of the soul, while deep down there is a calm certainty.
may
We are, all of us, molded and remolded by those who have loved us, and though that love may pass, we remain none the less their work--a work that very likely they do not recognize, and which is never exactly what they intended.
reading enough ifs
Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.
love friendship best-friend
No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.
flames soul next
If the flame inside you goes out, the souls that are next to you will die of cold.
love miracle invisible
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.