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Malcolm Muggeridge

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The identity of Malcolm Muggeridge may be elusive, but the power of their words is anything but. The range of their thinking — from Religion to Happiness — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Discover 16 of Malcolm Muggeridge's most memorable quotes, ranging across Religion, Happiness, God, Truth, and Travel. Start here and see if you agree: "Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message."

“One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.”

— Malcolm Muggeridge

God

All Quotes by 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.”

— Malcolm Muggeridge

Happiness

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

— Malcolm Muggeridge

Strength

“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

Art

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

— Malcolm Muggeridge

Failure

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

— Malcolm Muggeridge

Religion

“History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that.”

— Malcolm Muggeridge

History

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

— Malcolm Muggeridge

Age

“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

Happiness

“Bad humor is an evasion of reality good humor is an acceptance of it.”

— Malcolm Muggeridge

Humor

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

— Malcolm Muggeridge

Religion

“Travel, of course, narrows the mind.”

— Malcolm Muggeridge

Travel

“One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.”

— Malcolm Muggeridge

God