Author: Malcolm Muggeridge

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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