Gustave Thibon

The hero wears armor, the saint is naked.

Gustave Thibon (2 September 1903 – 19 January 2001) was a French philosopher. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.

Quotes

Introduction to Gravity and Grace (1947)

• Here below, God is the feeblest and most destitute of beings; his love, unlike that of idols, does not fill the carnal part of the soul.
  • p. 22

• The hero wears armor, the saint is naked.
  • p. 23