All men who have ideals . . . live by some kind of faith, by committing themselves to some kind of loyalty which is not universally recognized as the common property of all thinking men. They must have something-something outside themselves, to make them feel life is worth living, that good rather than evil is the explanation of the world.
Long before I had ever seen a ritualistic service I became a Ritualist. - Ronald Knox
Long before I had ever seen a ritualistic service I became a Ritualist.
- Ronald Knox
O God, for as much as without Thee We are not enabled to doubt Thee, Help us all by Thy grace To convince the whole race It knows nothing whatever ab… - Ronald Knox
O God, for as much as without Thee We are not enabled to doubt Thee, Help us all by Thy grace To convince the whole race It knows nothing whatever ab…
It doesn't do to say that heresy produces the development of doctrine, because that annoys the theologians. But it is true to say that as a matter of… - Ronald Knox
It doesn't do to say that heresy produces the development of doctrine, because that annoys the theologians. But it is true to say that as a matter of…
The difference between the Old and the New Testament is the difference between a man who said "There is nothing new under the sun" and a God who says… - Ronald Knox
The difference between the Old and the New Testament is the difference between a man who said "There is nothing new under the sun" and a God who says…
Only those of us, I think, who were born under Queen Victoria know what it feels like to assume, without questioning, that England is permanently top… - Ronald Knox
Only those of us, I think, who were born under Queen Victoria know what it feels like to assume, without questioning, that England is permanently top…
He who travels in the Barque of Peter had better not look too closely into the engine room. - Ronald Knox
He who travels in the Barque of Peter had better not look too closely into the engine room.
The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy. - Ronald Knox
The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.
The prevailing attitude of the speakers was one of heavy disagreement with a number of things which the reader had not said. - Ronald Knox
The prevailing attitude of the speakers was one of heavy disagreement with a number of things which the reader had not said.
All men who have ideals . . . live by some kind of faith, by committing themselves to some kind of loyalty which is not universally recognized as the… - Ronald Knox
All men who have ideals . . . live by some kind of faith, by committing themselves to some kind of loyalty which is not universally recognized as the…
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