Author: Malcolm Muggeridge

Quotes

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

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.

- Malcolm Muggeridge

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

- 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

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

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

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

- 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

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

- Malcolm Muggeridge

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I discovered, holds no more wretched occupation than trying to make the English laugh.

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I discovered, holds no more wretched occupation than trying to make the English laugh.

- Malcolm Muggeridge

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