Jules Renard Quote

I have no religion,' says Borneau, 'but I respect the religion of others. Religion is sacred.' Why this privilege, this immunity?... A believer creates God in his own image; if he is ugly, his God will be morally ugly. Why should moral ugliness be respectable?

The Journal of Jules Renard (ed. Tin House Books, 2008) - ISBN: 9781935639596