3 Gustave Flaubert Quotes on Belief

Gustave Flaubert quotes on belief

33. My God is the God of Socrates, of Franklin, of Voltaire, of Beranger! My credo is the credo of Rousseau! I adhere to the immortal principles of '89! I have no use for the kind of God who goes walking in his garden with a stick, sends his friends to live in the bellies of whales, gives up the ghost with a groan and then comes back to life three days later! Those things aren't only absurd in and of themselves, Madame -- they're completely opposed to all physical laws!

94. The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

103. As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.