The woman from the depths of her rags, a waif, a martyr — smiled. She must have a divine heart to be so tired and yet smile.More Henri Barbusse quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

There are cloudy moments when one asks himself if men do not deserve all the disasters into which they rush! No - I recover myself - they do not deserve them. But we, instead of saying “I wish” must say “I will.” And what we will, we must will to build it, with order, with method, beginning at the beginning, when once we have been as far as that beginning. We must not only open our eyes, but our arms, our wings.More Henri Barbusse quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I believe, in spite of all, in truth's victory. I believe in the momentous value, hereafter inviolable, of those few truly fraternal men in all the countries of the world, who, in the oscillation of national egoisms let loose, stand up and stand out, steadfast as the glorious statues of Right and Duty.More Henri Barbusse quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I am more sensitive than other people. Things that other people would not notice awaken a distinct echo in me, and in such moments of lucidity, when I look at myself, I see that I am alone, all alone, all alone.More Henri Barbusse quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I see too deep and too much.More Henri Barbusse quotes [10/10/2011 01:10:08]