There is no human being on earth who is capable of declaring who he is, with certainty… — Leon Bloy
There is no human being on earth who is capable of declaring who he is, with certainty. No one knows what he has come to this world to do, to what his acts, feelings, ideas correspond, or what his real name is, his imperishable Name in the registry of Light.
In the original French
Il n'y a pas un etre humain capable de dire ce qu'il est, avec certitude. Nul ne sait ce qu'il est venu faire en ce mond, a quoi correspondent ses actes, ses sentiments, ses pensees; qui sont ses plus proches parmi tous les homes, ni quel est son nom veritable, son imperissable Nom dans le registre de la Lumiere.
1912
★ 3.4Provenance
Citation
Bloy, Leon. L'ame de Napoleon [The Soul of Napoleon]. 1912, introduction.
