Léon Bloy: Nothing

Léon Bloy was French writer, poet and essayist. Explore interesting quotes on nothing.
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“The worst thing is not to commit crimes but, rather, not to accomplish the good that one could have done. It is the sin of omission, which is nothing other than to be unloving, and no one accuses himself of it.”

Léon Bloy

Youcat English: Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church, Ignatius Press, 2011 https://books.google.com/books?id=soVf9Q1h-esC&pg=PT26&dq=%22The+worst+thing+is+not+to+commit+crimes+but,+rather,+not+to+accomplish+the+good+that+one+could+have+done.%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAGoVChMI3_bSqOH6yAIVwvI-Ch3kOAGF#v=onepage&q=%22The%20worst%20thing%20is%20not%20to%20commit%20crimes%20but%2C%20rather%2C%20not%20to%20accomplish%20the%20good%20that%20one%20could%20have%20done.%22&f=false

“Unhappy writer, you had dreamt of winning souls and you have won nothing but ears!”

Léon Bloy

Source: Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947), p. 36

Soul

“Woe to him who has not begged!
There is nothing more exalted than to beg.
God begs. The Angels beg. Kings, Prophets, and Saints beg.”

Léon Bloy

Source: Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947), p. 1

God , Angels