One could object to science that it easily falls into the hands of imbeciles, if religion’s case were not just as serious.
The two most insufferable types of rhetoric are religious rhetoric and the rhetoric of art criticism.
The impertinent attempt to justify “the ways of God to man” transforms God into a frustrated schoolmaster who invents educational games that are both cruel and childish.
When the theologian explains the reason for some act of God, the listener wavers between indignation and laughter.
The heart does not rebel against the will of God, but against the “reasons” they dare attribute to it.
The imbecile does not discover the radical misery of our condition except when he is sick, poor, or old.
Modern society is proceeding simultaneously to become inhospitable to the old and to multiply their number by prolonging their lives.
I would not live for even a fraction of a second if I stopped feeling the protection of God’s existence.
In order to cure the patient it injured in the 19th century,
industrial society had to numb his mind in the 20th century.
Spiritual misery is the price of industrial prosperity.