Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death. -Hilaire Belloc Death
Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun. -Hilaire Belloc Sympathy
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read. -Hilaire Belloc Hope
When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is like the cold space between the planets. It is an air in which men perish utterly. -Hilaire Belloc Friendship
Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language. -Hilaire Belloc History
The pilgrim is humble and devout, and human, and charitable, and ready to smile and admire; therefore, he should comprehend the whole of his way, the people in it, and the hills and the clouds, and the habits of the various cities. -Hilaire Belloc Smile
When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is like the cold space between the planets. It is an air in which men perish utterly. -Hilaire Belloc Space
I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. -Hilaire Belloc Travel
I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time. -Hilaire Belloc Money
Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun. -Hilaire Belloc Death
