All men who have ideals . . . live by some kind of faith, by committing themselves to some kind of loyalty which is not universally recognized as the common property of all thinking men. They must have something-something outside… — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
The prevailing attitude of the speakers was one of heavy disagreement with a number of things which the reader had not said. — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'. — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
Only those of us, I think, who were born under Queen Victoria know what it feels like to assume, without questioning, that England is… — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
The great argument used now against any theological proposition is not, that it is untrue, or unthinkable, or unedifying, or unscriptural, or unorthodox, but… — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
Knox was engaged in a theological discussion with scientist John Scott Haldane. 'In a universe containing millions of planets,' reasoned Haldane, 'is it not inevitable that life should appear on at least one of them?' 'Sir,' replied Knox, 'if Scotland Yard found a body in your cabin trunk, would you tell them: 'There are millions of trunks in the world;… — Ronald Knox Copy Share
It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it. — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
“Hope is something that is demanded of us; it is not, then, a mere reasoned calculation of our chances. Nor is it merely the bubbling up of a sanguine temperament; if it is demanded of us, it lies not in the temperament but in the will... Hoping for what? For delivereance from persecution, for immunity from plague, pestilence, and famine...?… — Ronald Knox Copy Share
The difference between the Old and the New Testament is the difference between a man who said "There is nothing new under the sun"… — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
He who travels in the Barque of Peter had better not look too closely into the engine room. — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
“It is possible to argue that the true business of faith is not to produce emotional conviction in us, but to teach us to… — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
