“No man - prince, peasant, pope - has all the light, who says else is a mountebank. I claim no private lien on truth, only a liberty to seek it, prove it in debate, and to be wrong a thousand times to reach a single rightness. It is that liberty they fear. They want us to be driven to God like sheep, not running to him like lovers, shouting joy!” MenWantLightRunningJoyLibertyLoversThousandProveClaimsDrivenDebateSheepPopeWant UPeasantsShoutingProve It Author:Morris West
“There was no cure for the human condition because every man read the present and plotted the future in the light of his own past.” MenHumansLightPastConditionsEvery ManCuresHuman Condition Author:Morris West
“Man is a creature who walks in two worlds and traces upon the walls of his cave the wonders and the nightmare experiences of his spiritual pilgrimage.” MenWorldTwoSpiritualWalksWonderWallWalkingCreaturesNightmareCavesPilgrimageTwo Worlds Book:Three Complete Novels Source: Three Complete Novels
“If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth.” IfsMenMadeTruthDivineCreaturesFunctionSearch For Truth Author:Morris West
“He had fallen into the error of all liberals: the belief that men are prepared to reform themselves, that good will attracts good will, that truth has leavening virtue of its own.” MenBeliefVirtueErrorsPreparedReformFallenGood Will Book:The devil's advocate ; The second victory ; Daughter of silence ; The salamander ; The shoes of the fisherman Source: The devil's advocate ; The second victory ; Daughter of silence ; The salamander ; The shoes of the fisherman
