René Girard Quotes

Quotations from René Girard

Current thought is the castration of meaning.

Religion has a function that goes beyond faith and the veracity of the monotheistic gift: " The prohibition of human sacrifices. The modern world has decided that the prohibition is the nonsense".

In a certain sense, science has become a new mythology, man who creates life.

Mankind is the species that can always destroy itself. Fot this reason it created religion.

Postmodern philosophy is based on the assumption that history is finished.

Today Christianity is much more realistic than the optimism of science that creates man only to kill him.

God and Philosophy

When you believe in God, and seriously philosophize with others about God, there is the possibility that, in the course of a conversation, you will start thinking differently of Him, or even completely (and temporarily) give up the idea of God.

If you do not a priori accept this possibility, then you are as a child that always listens to its farther, and never to somebody else. Such a child is allowed to play, but nobody expects that this child would practice philosophy.

L.J.C. Parsam

The Little Prince Quotes

French: Les grandes personnes ne comprennent jamais rien toutes seules, et c'est fatigant, pour les enfants, de toujours et toujours leur donner des explications.
Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to have to explain things to them always and forever.


French: Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
Here is my secret. It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

French: Vous êtes belles, mais vous êtes vides.... On ne peut pas mourir pour vous.
You are beautiful, but you are empty... One could not die for you.

French: Les hommes ont oublié cette vérité, dit le renard. Mais tu ne dois pas l’oublier. Tu deviens responsable pour toujours de ce que tu as apprivoisé.
Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

French: Quand on veut un mouton, c'est la preuve qu'on existe.
If anybody wants a sheep, that is a proof that he exists.


French: Quand on a terminé sa toilette du matin, il faut faire soigneusement la toilette de la planète.
When you've finished getting yourself ready in the morning, you must go get the planet ready.


French: J'aime bien les couchers de soleil. Allons voir un coucher de soleil...
I am very fond of sunsets. Come, let us go look at a sunset...


French: On ne sait jamais!
One never knows!


French: C'est véritablement utile puisque c'est joli.
It is truly useful since it is beautiful.

Le langage est source de malentendus.
Language is the source of misunderstandings.

French: Les enfants seuls savent ce qu'ils cherchent.
Only children know what they are looking for.

Philosophy Quotes

Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers (lovers of wisdom), and they value the contemplation and discovery of nature beyond all other pursuits.
Pythagoras