Léon Bloy: Quotes about people

Léon Bloy was French writer, poet and essayist. Explore interesting quotes on people.
Léon Bloy: 44   quotes 9   likes

“You had hoped that the beloved and noble images flowing from your heart would serve as a river to carry to God many another heart! But, as you see, people are afraid of getting wet.”

Léon Bloy

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

God , People , Hope , Heart

“You will be unsaleable in perpetuity, the Unsaleable, in your books as well as in your person, and thus will be definitively realized the separation, naturally desired by you, from the sellers and people for sale.”

Léon Bloy

L'Invendable (1909), p. 8
Original: (fr) Tu seras invendable à perpétuité, l'Invendable, dans tes livres aussi bien que dans ta personne, et ainsi se réalisera tout à fait la séparation, naturellement désirée par toi, d'avec les vendeurs et les gens à vendre.

Personality , Books , People , Nature

“Ah! The happy ones of this world who are assured their daily bread—that is, all the things necessary to bodily life—and who, not wishing to know Jesus, have never for one single instant had the idea of suffering for their brothers, of sacrificing themselves for the wretched: ah! indeed! such people are assuredly well qualified to judge me and to reproach me for not having what the world calls dignity!”

Léon Bloy

Source: Pilgrim of the Absolute (1947), p. 2

People , Suffering , World , Idea