Quotes by Julien Benda

Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things which cannot be shared, and if they raise themselves to a point where they adopt an abstract principle superior to their egotisms. In other words, it can only be obtained by a betterment of human morality.
– Julien Benda
Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.
– Julien Benda
I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man's future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring.
– Julien Benda
And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died.
– Julien Benda