"If there is a God who uses us and makes his saints out of such material as we are, the devil too may have his ambitions: he may dream of training even...












Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.
More Graham Greene quotes
"But you do believe, don’t you," Rose implored him, "you think it’s true?" "Of course it’s true," the Boy said. "What else could there be?" he went sco...
"I know one thing you don't. I know the difference between Right and Wrong. They didn't teach you that at school.'Rose didn't answer the woman was quit...
"You can’t conceive, my child, nor can I or anyone the … appalling … strangeness of the mercy of God.
"But she wouldn't pray, she took what comfort and credit she could for not praying; it wasn't that one disbelieved in prayer; one never lost all one's ...
"Whew,' he said, 'I'm glad that's over, Thomas. I've been feeling awfully bad about it.' It was only too evident that he no longer did.
"You must promise me. You can't desire the end without desiring the means.'Ah, but one can, he thought, one can: one can desire the peace of victory wi...
"When you visualized a man or woman carefully, you could always begin to feel pity – that was a quality God’s image carried with it. When you saw the l...