Lionel Blue Quotes

Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life. - Lionel Blue

Pious XII was too neutral to mention the gas chambers; decent people like my own family were turned into devils by crude Christianity. - Lionel Blue

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

Old friends die on you, and they're irreplaceable. You become dependent. - Lionel Blue

My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston. - Lionel Blue

My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely. - Lionel Blue

It's more fun to watch without joining in. - 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. - Lionel Blue

It is not possible to unknow what you do know - the result of that is fanaticism. - Lionel Blue

In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two. - Lionel Blue

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