Paradise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it.

— Jules Renard

Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.

— Jules Renard

The important people in our lives leave imprints. They may die or go in the physical realm, but they are always there in your heart, because they helped form your heart

— Jules Renard

The peasant is the only species of human being who doesn't like the country and never looks at it.

— Jules Renard

There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.

— Jules Renard

The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it.

— Jules Renard

The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

— Jules Renard

True courage consists in being courageous precisely when we're not.

— Jules Renard

When people are bored it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.

— Jules Renard

Words are the small change of thought.

— Jules Renard