Inspirational Quotes by Anatole France — Words of Wisdom for Daily Success

“It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.”

“No - we will not conquer the heavens. Enough to have the power. War engenders war, and victory defeat. God, conquered, will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot; I love the Hell which formed my genius. I love the Earth where I have done some good, if it be possible to do any good in this fearful world where beings live but by rapine.”

“Epicure a dit: ou Dieu veut empêcher le mal et ne le peut, ou il le peut et ne le veut, ou il ne le peut ni ne le veut, ou il le veut et le peut. S'il le veut et ne le peut, il est impuissant; s'il le peut et ne le veut, il est pervers; s'il ne le peut ni ne le veut, il est impuissant et pervers; s'il le veut et le peut, que ne le fait-il, mon père ?”

“We have never heard the devil's side of the story, God wrote all the book.”

“It is possible that these millions of suns, along with thousands of millions more we cannot see, make up altogether but a globule of blood or lymph in the veins of an animal, of a minute insect, hatched in a world of whose vastness we can frame no conception, but which nevertheless would itself, in proportion to some other world, be no more than a speck of dust.”

“Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.”

“If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.”

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”

“To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.”

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”

“It is better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.”

“You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.”