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… — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
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… — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
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
