Jean Guehenno Quotes & Sayings

It is bad to love life if one loves it like a coward. — Jean Guehenno

The danger was within itself: it was the crisis of confidence it was going through, the fear of being itself. When you considered them individually, French boys were as active and intelligent as ever. But they lacked the sort of shared hope and dreams which are the sign of health in a people. The fact that the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Revolution were only funeral commemorations revealed that weakness, that lifelessness. It was so clear — Jean Guehenno

Getting old always means a hardening of the main trait of one's character. — Jean Guehenno