Author: Malcolm Muggeridge

Quotes

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.

- Malcolm Muggeridge

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

- Malcolm Muggeridge

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

- Malcolm Muggeridge

St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel.

St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel.

- Malcolm Muggeridge

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

- Malcolm Muggeridge

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

- Malcolm Muggeridge

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

- Malcolm Muggeridge

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.

- Malcolm Muggeridge

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.

- Malcolm Muggeridge

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