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Paul Claudel quotes: Intelligence is nothing without delight.

Intelligence is nothing without delight.

Paul Claudel quotes: How amazing it is to be alive Anyone who lives and breathes and puts both feet on the ground, What possible reason could he have for envying the gods

How amazing it is to be alive Anyone who lives and breathes and puts both feet on the ground, What possible reason could he have for envying the gods

Paul Claudel quotes: In a word, poetry can not exist without emotion, or, if you will, without a movement of the soul which regulates the words.

In a word, poetry can not exist without emotion, or, if you will, without a movement of the soul which regulates the words.

Paul Claudel quotes: Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.

Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.

Paul Claudel quotes: Speak about Christ only when you are asked. But live so that people ask about Christ!

Speak about Christ only when you are asked. But live so that people ask about Christ!

Paul Claudel quotes: It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.

It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.

Paul Claudel quotes: We must not seek happiness in peace, but in conflict.

We must not seek happiness in peace, but in conflict.

Paul Claudel quotes: Jesus did not come to explain away suffering or remove it. He came to fill it with His Presence.

Jesus did not come to explain away suffering or remove it. He came to fill it with His Presence.

Paul Claudel quotes: The words I use Are everyday words and yet are not the same! You will find no rhymes in my verse, no magic. There are your very own phrases.

The words I use Are everyday words and yet are not the same! You will find no rhymes in my verse, no magic. There are your very own phrases.

Paul Claudel quotes: All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.

All that passes is raised to the dignity of expression; all that happens is raised to the dignity of meaning. Everything is either symbol or parable.

Paul Claudel quotes: Eighty years old! No eyes left, no ears, no teeth, no legs, no wind! And when all is said and done, how astonishingly well one does without them.

Eighty years old! No eyes left, no ears, no teeth, no legs, no wind! And when all is said and done, how astonishingly well one does without them.

Paul Claudel quotes: There are two ways to shine: to reflect light or produce it.

There are two ways to shine: to reflect light or produce it.

Paul Claudel quotes: Open your eyes! The world is still intact; it is as pristine as it was on the first day, as fresh as milk!

Open your eyes! The world is still intact; it is as pristine as it was on the first day, as fresh as milk!

Paul Claudel quotes: The only living socities are those which are animated by inequality and injustice.

The only living socities are those which are animated by inequality and injustice.

Paul Claudel quotes: Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

Paul Claudel quotes: You explain nothing, O poet, but thanks to you all things become explicable.

You explain nothing, O poet, but thanks to you all things become explicable.

Paul Claudel quotes: When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.

When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.

Paul Claudel quotes: Every birth is a getting to know.

Every birth is a getting to know.

Paul Claudel quotes: The priest has just baptized you a Christian with water; and I baptize you a Frenchman, daring child, with a dewdrop of champagne on your lips.

The priest has just baptized you a Christian with water; and I baptize you a Frenchman, daring child, with a dewdrop of champagne on your lips.

Paul Claudel quotes: Now I know that at the heart of the universe is joy.

Now I know that at the heart of the universe is joy.

Paul Claudel quotes: Doctor, do you think it could have been the sausage?

Doctor, do you think it could have been the sausage?

Paul Claudel quotes: Time: all things consume it, love alone makes use of it.

Time: all things consume it, love alone makes use of it.