Ernest Renan quotes - page 2

As soon as sacrifice becomes a duty and necessity to mankind. I see no limit to the horizon which opens before him. (Ernest Renan)
Man makes holy what he believes. View quote
Ernest Renan
To have common glories in the past, a common will in the present to have done great things together to wish to do greater these are the essential conditions which make up a people. View quote
Ernest Renan
The regeneration of the inferior or bastard races by the superior ones is consistent with God's plans for humanity. The man of the people, in our countries, is always a fallen aristocrat; his hands are made to handle the sword rather than the laborer's tools. He prefers warring to working, that is, he returns to his original calling. View quote
Ernest Renan