I had many good teachers, but only three of them were school teachers. — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
A society that's provided for by television is a society that says it doesn't need too many parks or natural situations for… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Avoiding maturity is, for many men, not just a cute hobby, but a life's work - often handsomely rewarded in the infantile… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Humans are nervous, touchy creatures and can be easily offended. Many are deeply insecure. They become focused and energized by taking offence;… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
A dear friend of my early childhood has worked as an anthropologist in Papua New Guinea for much of her life, and… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Easter is not limited to the passion and death of Christ; it also includes the dismal tragedy of life unlived by the… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
The repression of virtuous instinct in the modern world is an incremental tragedy. Repress one instinct, and you repress many; other parts… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
As a child, I heard many warnings from teachers about the perils of talking with strangers. Yet now, fairly late in my… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
There can be many reasons to travel, but wandering into the world for no particular reason is a sublime madness, which in… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
We might imagine that Jesus had many human faults. He failed most humanly, in my reckoning, when he killed the fig tree… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Many people first encounter Jesus during childhood when they are suddenly confronted by a horrifying statue of a man nailed to a… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
How many times have I heard people say, 'I became very ill a couple of years ago; it got very serious, and… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Try as I do to comprehend the human project and my part in it, I am further than ever from understanding the… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
It is difficult to imagine any time in history when so many people claiming to be so free have lived in so… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
The scariness of manhood to males may be symbolically seen in the many stories of indigenous Australian boys who ran away and… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
While there are many experts in the psychoanalysis of individuals, there seems to be little active authority or understanding in the matter… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
In my journey as a cartoonist, I seem to have accidentally stumbled into all sorts of traps, damnations and blacklists. — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
There are only two feelings, Love and fear: There are only two languages, Love and fear: There are only two activities, Love and fear:… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
If European symbols and traditions have grown tired, perfunctory and oppressively banal in Australia, or been drained of spirit and meaning by the dreary… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Socialised humanity represses nature and degrades human nature; it takes life and waters it down - probably to control it - diluting existence with… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default. — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I never really understood who the Magi were as a child. What is a Magi? Not a word I would use, but a magpie… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
God bless this tiny little boat, And me who travels in it. It stays afloat for years and years, And sinks within a minute.… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
There can be many reasons to travel, but wandering into the world for no particular reason is a sublime madness, which in all its… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Life seems sadly mishandled by humans, as if it's all too much for them - they spend so much time and energy hurting each… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
