Quotes by Paul Claudel

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

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

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

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

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

Intelligence is nothing without delight.