Author: Lionel Blue

Quotes

On the way to work good-hearted young girls sometimes offer me their seats, which I accept and bless them in return, a transaction satisfying to all concerned.

On the way to work good-hearted young girls sometimes offer me their seats, which I accept and bless them in return, a transaction satisfying to all concerned.

- Lionel Blue

Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again.

Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again.

- Lionel Blue

I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls.

I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls.

- Lionel Blue

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.

- Lionel Blue

It was admitted by the early rabbis that the sectarians could be as full of good works as eggs were full of meat.

It was admitted by the early rabbis that the sectarians could be as full of good works as eggs were full of meat.

- Lionel Blue

The real evidence for Jesus and Christianity is in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practicing Christians.

The real evidence for Jesus and Christianity is in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practicing Christians.

- Lionel Blue

The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me.

The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me.

- Lionel Blue

I was not allowed a physical lover. Falling in love with Love was the best I could get.

I was not allowed a physical lover. Falling in love with Love was the best I could get.

- Lionel Blue

For a Christian, Jesus is the unique and only way that God has fully revealed himself. For a Jew this cannot be.

For a Christian, Jesus is the unique and only way that God has fully revealed himself. For a Jew this cannot be.

- Lionel Blue

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