"A good sermon should be like a woman's……" — Ronald Knox
"A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials."
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18 Quotes by Ronald Knox
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It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only…
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A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
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Knox was engaged in a theological discussion with scientist John Scott Haldane. 'In a universe containing millions of planets,' reasoned…
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All men who have ideals . . . live by some kind of faith, by committing themselves to some kind…
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Only man had dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.
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The study of comparative religions is the best way to become comparatively religious.
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The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.
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The great argument used now against any theological proposition is not, that it is untrue, or unthinkable, or unedifying, or…
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When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.
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Always tell the truth, and people will never believe you.
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O God, for as much as without Thee We are not enabled to doubt Thee, Help us all by Thy…
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Long before I had ever seen a ritualistic service I became a Ritualist.
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