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Iris Murdoch Quotes

As soon as any idea is a consolation the tendency to falsify it becomes strong: hence the traditional problem of preventing the idea of God from degenerating in the believer's mind Picture Quote #1

What I needed with all my starved and silent soul was just that particular way of shouting back at the world Picture Quote #1

That's how vile I am! I live Ireland, I breathe Ireland, and Christ how I loathe it, I wish I were a bloody Scot, that's how bloody awful it is being Irish! Picture Quote #1

But it was just luck really if the girls survived. You're like a man firing a machine gun into a supermarket who happens not to become a murderer Picture Quote #1

It was a piece of thoroughly picturesque and proper violence. I like a violent man, really, a man who's a bit of a brute in a decent straightforward way Picture Quote #1

When I'm up to something I find it very hard to realize that I probably look no different from the way I look on other occasions Picture Quote #1

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Thinking about the misery of the world is a favourite contemporary occupation. and if you can't think the television set will think for you Picture Quote #1

Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can still see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing Picture Quote #1

One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats, and if some of these can be inexpensive and quickly procured so much the better Picture Quote #1

What a test that is: more than devotion, admiration, passion. If you long and long for someone's company you love them Picture Quote #1

Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port Picture Quote #1

There is no beyond, there is only here, the infinitely small, infinitely great and utterly demanding present Picture Quote #1

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Happy is the civilization which can breed men accustomed from infancy to regard certain at least of the ego's natural activities as unthinkable Picture Quote #1

The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all Picture Quote #1

We’re all muddlers. The thing is to see is when one’s got to stop muddling Picture Quote #1

Mathematics is good for the soul, getting things right enlivens a sense of truth, efforts to understand automatically purify desires Picture Quote #1

Art is a kind of artificial memory and the pain which attends all serious art is a sense of that factitiousness Picture Quote #1

Art is not cozy and it is not mocked. Art tells the only truth that ultimately matters. It is the light by which human things can be mended. And after art there is, let me assure you all, nothing Picture Quote #1

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Remember that the secret of all learning is patience and that curiosity is not the same thing as a thirst for knowledge Picture Quote #1

How rarely can happiness be really innocent and not triumphant, not an insult to the deprived Picture Quote #1

Only love has clear vision. Hatred has cloudy vision. When we hate we know not what we do Picture Quote #1

We are such inward secret creatures, that inwardness is the most amazing thing about us, even more amazing than our reason Picture Quote #1

A letter is a barrier, a reprieve, a charm against the world, an almost infallible method of acting at a distance Picture Quote #1

Art and psychoanalysis give shape and meaning to life and that is why we adore them, but life as it is lived has no shape and meaning Picture Quote #1

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A long marriage is very unifying, even if it’s not ideal, and those old structures must be respected Picture Quote #1

To be understood is not a human right. Even to understand oneself is not a human right Picture Quote #1

Being homosexual doesn’t determine a man’s whole character any more than being heterosexual does Picture Quote #1

There is a natural tribal hostility between the married and the unmarried. I cannot stand the shows so often quite instinctively put on by married people to insinuate that they are not only more fortunate but in some way more moral than you are Picture Quote #1

Of course men play roles, but women play roles too, blanker ones. They have, in the play of life, fewer good lines Picture Quote #1

Words are the most subtle symbols which we possess and our human fabric depends on them Picture Quote #1

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As soon as any idea is a consolation the tendency to falsify it becomes strong: hence the traditional problem of preventing the idea of God from degenerating in the believer's mind (Iris Murdoch Quotes) What I needed with all my starved and silent soul was just that particular way of shouting back at the world (Iris Murdoch Quotes) That's how vile I am! I live Ireland, I breathe Ireland, and Christ how I loathe it, I wish I were a bloody Scot, that's how bloody awful it is being Irish! (Iris Murdoch Quotes) But it was just luck really if the girls survived. You're like a man firing a machine gun into a supermarket who happens not to become a murderer (Iris Murdoch Quotes) It was a piece of thoroughly picturesque and proper violence. I like a violent man, really, a man who's a bit of a brute in a decent straightforward way (Iris Murdoch Quotes) When I'm up to something I find it very hard to realize that I probably look no different from the way I look on other occasions (Iris Murdoch Quotes) Thinking about the misery of the world is a favourite contemporary occupation. and if you can't think the television set will think for you (Iris Murdoch Quotes) Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can still see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing (Iris Murdoch Quotes) One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats, and if some of these can be inexpensive and quickly procured so much the better (Iris Murdoch Quotes) What a test that is: more than devotion, admiration, passion. If you long and long for someone's company you love them (Iris Murdoch Quotes) Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port (Iris Murdoch Quotes) There is no beyond, there is only here, the infinitely small, infinitely great and utterly demanding present (Iris Murdoch Quotes) Happy is the civilization which can breed men accustomed from infancy to regard certain at least of the ego's natural activities as unthinkable (Iris Murdoch Quotes) The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all (Iris Murdoch Quotes) We’re all muddlers. The thing is to see is when one’s got to stop muddling (Iris Murdoch Quotes) Mathematics is good for the soul, getting things right enlivens a sense of truth, efforts to understand automatically purify desires (Iris Murdoch Quotes) Art is a kind of artificial memory and the pain which attends all serious art is a sense of that factitiousness (Iris Murdoch Quotes) Art is not cozy and it is not mocked. Art tells the only truth that ultimately matters. It is the light by which human things can be mended. And after art there is, let me assure you all, nothing (Iris Murdoch Quotes) Remember that the secret of all learning is patience and that curiosity is not the same thing as a thirst for knowledge (Iris Murdoch Quotes) How rarely can happiness be really innocent and not triumphant, not an insult to the deprived (Iris Murdoch Quotes) Only love has clear vision. Hatred has cloudy vision. When we hate we know not what we do (Iris Murdoch Quotes) We are such inward secret creatures, that inwardness is the most amazing thing about us, even more amazing than our reason (Iris Murdoch Quotes) A letter is a barrier, a reprieve, a charm against the world, an almost infallible method of acting at a distance (Iris Murdoch Quotes) Art and psychoanalysis give shape and meaning to life and that is why we adore them, but life as it is lived has no shape and meaning (Iris Murdoch Quotes) A long marriage is very unifying, even if it’s not ideal, and those old structures must be respected (Iris Murdoch Quotes) To be understood is not a human right. Even to understand oneself is not a human right (Iris Murdoch Quotes) Being homosexual doesn’t determine a man’s whole character any more than being heterosexual does (Iris Murdoch Quotes) There is a natural tribal hostility between the married and the unmarried. I cannot stand the shows so often quite instinctively put on by married people to insinuate that they are not only more fortunate but in some way more moral than you are (Iris Murdoch Quotes) Of course men play roles, but women play roles too, blanker ones. They have, in the play of life, fewer good lines (Iris Murdoch Quotes) Words are the most subtle symbols which we possess and our human fabric depends on them (Iris Murdoch Quotes)

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