The Genius of Christianity or the Spirit and Beauty of the Christian Religion Quotes

“An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.”
― François-René de Chateaubriand, The Genius of Christianity or the Spirit and Beauty of the Christian Religion

“chance could not have formed the world, because there could have been but one single favorable chance against innumerable impossibilities

șansa nu ar fi putut forma lumea, deoarece nu ar fi putut exista decât o singură șansă favorabilă împotriva nenumăratelor imposibilități”
― François-René de Chateaubriand, The Genius of Christianity or the Spirit and Beauty of the Christian Religion

“if man is a mere mass of matter, there is in reality neither vice nor virtue, and of course morality is a mere sham

dacă omul este o simplă masă de materie, în realitate nu există nici viciu, nici virtute și, desigur, moralitatea este o simplă farsă”
― François-René de Chateaubriand, The Genius of Christianity or the Spirit and Beauty of the Christian Religion