Georges Bernanos Quote

Chantal to Fiodor:

"It seems to me that evil is much less complicated than you would like to believe. Here or anywhere else there is only one sin."
"What sin?"
"To tempt God," she said. "And what's the use? I think you are really very stupid. God looks where He pleases. If He has not yet looked at you, what is the use of tempting Him?"


p.27 - La joie (Joy) 1929


It seems to me that evil is much less complicated than you would like to believe. Here or anywhere else there is only one sin. What sin? To tempt...

It seems to me that evil is much less complicated than you would like to believe. Here or anywhere else there is only one sin. What sin? To tempt...

It seems to me that evil is much less complicated than you would like to believe. Here or anywhere else there is only one sin. What sin? To tempt...

It seems to me that evil is much less complicated than you would like to believe. Here or anywhere else there is only one sin. What sin? To tempt...