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> [“It is possible to argue that the true business of faith is not to produce emotional conviction in us, but to teach us to do without it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/it-is-possible-to-argue-that-the-true-business-of-faith-is-not-to/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-knox/)

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## More by Ronald Knox

> [A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/a-baby-is-a-loud-noise-at-one-end-and-no-sense-of-responsibility-at/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-knox/)

> [The prevailing attitude of the speakers was one of heavy disagreement with a number of things which the reader had not said.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/the-prevailing-attitude-of-the-speakers-was-one-of-heavy-disagreement/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-knox/)

> [When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/when-suave-politeness-tempering-bigot-zeal-corrected-i-believe-to-one/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/only-those-of-us-i-think-who-were-born-under-queen-victoria-know-what/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-knox/)

> [The great argument used now against any theological proposition is not, that it is untrue, or unthinkable, or unedifying, or unscriptural, or unorthodox, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/the-great-argument-used-now-against-any-theological-proposition-is/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-knox/)

> [If you have a sloppy religion you get a sloppy atheism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/if-you-have-a-sloppy-religion-you-get-a-sloppy-atheism/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-knox/)

> [Knox was engaged in a theological discussion with scientist John Scott Haldane. 'In a universe containing millions of planets,' reasoned Haldane, 'is it not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/knox-was-engaged-in-a-theological-discussion-with-scientist-john/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-knox/)

> [It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/it-is-so-stupid-of-modern-civilization-to-have-given-up-believing-in/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-knox/)

> [“Hope is something that is demanded of us; it is not, then, a mere reasoned calculation of our chances. Nor is it merely the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/hope-is-something-that-is-demanded-of-us-it-is-not-then-a-mere/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/the-difference-between-the-old-and-the-new-testament-is-the/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-knox/)

> [He who travels in the Barque of Peter had better not look too closely into the engine room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/he-who-travels-in-the-barque-of-peter-had-better-not-look-too-closely/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-knox/)

> [“It is possible to argue that the true business of faith is not to produce emotional conviction in us, but to teach us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/it-is-possible-to-argue-that-the-true-business-of-faith-is-not-to/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-knox/)

> [Comparative religion is an admirable recipe for making people comparatively religious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/comparative-religion-is-an-admirable-recipe-for-making-people/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-knox/)

> [Only man had dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/only-man-had-dignity-only-man-therefore-can-be-funny/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-knox/)

> [A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-knox/a-good-sermon-should-be-like-a-woman-s-skirt-short-enough-to-arouse/)

[Ronald Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-knox/)

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