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Michael Leunig quotes: I never had a spirit-breaking, soul-destroying religion drummed into me.

I never had a spirit-breaking, soul-destroying religion drummed into me.

Michael Leunig quotes: Modern man is probably a more humiliated and depressed creature than he dares to know.

Modern man is probably a more humiliated and depressed creature than he dares to know.

Michael Leunig quotes: Art, like religion, arises from the spirit, but alas, the formalizing of spiritual life all too often ends in hypocrisy.

Art, like religion, arises from the spirit, but alas, the formalizing of spiritual life all too often ends in hypocrisy.

Michael Leunig quotes: At my advanced age, I know I am not an anti-Semite, not even vaguely or remotely, but others would seem to know better, as false accusers always do.

At my advanced age, I know I am not an anti-Semite, not even vaguely or remotely, but others would seem to know better, as false accusers always do.

Michael Leunig quotes: I see a lot of my children. They're around the house all the time on the farm, you know.

I see a lot of my children. They're around the house all the time on the farm, you know.

Michael Leunig quotes: I became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default.

I became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default.

Michael Leunig quotes: Stay out of the loop, the club, the inner circle.

Stay out of the loop, the club, the inner circle.

Michael Leunig quotes: Wisdom may best arise from a humbling reality.

Wisdom may best arise from a humbling reality.

Michael Leunig quotes: In order to be truthful we must do more than speak the truth. We must also hear truth, receive truth, search for truth.

In order to be truthful we must do more than speak the truth. We must also hear truth, receive truth, search for truth.

Michael Leunig quotes: God help us to live slowly:To move simply:To look softly:To allow emptiness:To let the heart create for us.Amen.

God help us to live slowly:
To move simply:
To look softly:
To allow emptiness:
To let the heart create for us.
Amen.

Michael Leunig quotes: What really irks me is the snide victimizing suggestion from some that I have tried to be lighthearted and funny ... Oh my God - this is so offensive.

What really irks me is the snide victimizing suggestion from some that I have tried to be lighthearted and funny ... Oh my God - this is so offensive.

Michael Leunig quotes: It is at Easter that Jesus is most human, and like all humans, he fails and is failed. His is not an all-powerful God, it is an all-vulnerable God.

It is at Easter that Jesus is most human, and like all humans, he fails and is failed. His is not an all-powerful God, it is an all-vulnerable God.

Michael Leunig quotes: I had a few ducks as a kid.

I had a few ducks as a kid.

Michael Leunig quotes: It is home schooling that is rejecting a narrowness. It is not a radical value system; it's actually quite conservative.

It is home schooling that is rejecting a narrowness. It is not a radical value system; it's actually quite conservative.

Michael Leunig quotes: Art is about the messy and marvelous business of coming to your senses - and also, to the senses of the world.

Art is about the messy and marvelous business of coming to your senses - and also, to the senses of the world.

Michael Leunig quotes: Life is offensive and refuses to apologise

Life is offensive and refuses to apologise

Michael Leunig quotes: Humanity hungers for the uncommon.

Humanity hungers for the uncommon.

Michael Leunig quotes: Avoiding maturity is, for many men, not just a cute hobby, but a life's work - often handsomely rewarded in the infantile popular culture of the West.

Avoiding maturity is, for many men, not just a cute hobby, but a life's work - often handsomely rewarded in the infantile popular culture of the West.

Michael Leunig quotes: Art, it seems to me, doesn't need freedom so much as it needs courage and love - some would call it 'soul' or 'Eros.'

Art, it seems to me, doesn't need freedom so much as it needs courage and love - some would call it 'soul' or 'Eros.'

Michael Leunig quotes: Don't give in to hate - it puts you off balance

Don't give in to hate - it puts you off balance

Michael Leunig quotes: I never really understood who the Magi were as a child. What is a Magi? Not a word I would use, but a magpie I could understand.

I never really understood who the Magi were as a child. What is a Magi? Not a word I would use, but a magpie I could understand.

Michael Leunig quotes: I have not much love for the bright lights - unless it's the sun creeping up over the horizon.

I have not much love for the bright lights - unless it's the sun creeping up over the horizon.

Michael Leunig quotes: When I was a boy, my own dad told me in a smiling and wistful way that it's a wise man that knows his own father.

When I was a boy, my own dad told me in a smiling and wistful way that it's a wise man that knows his own father.

Michael Leunig quotes: The disasters of war can be infinitely eerie and poignant.

The disasters of war can be infinitely eerie and poignant.

Michael Leunig quotes: Falling down is a very big subject, and so is the concept of downfall. None of us escapes, and I have had my share of both.

Falling down is a very big subject, and so is the concept of downfall. None of us escapes, and I have had my share of both.

Michael Leunig quotes: Happiness, it's a small thing - just a very little thing.

Happiness, it's a small thing - just a very little thing.

Michael Leunig quotes: My father was a meat worker. He was a union organizer in the meat workers union.

My father was a meat worker. He was a union organizer in the meat workers union.

Michael Leunig quotes: There is some suffering that awaits us all.

There is some suffering that awaits us all.

Michael Leunig quotes: Any cartoon that can be liked by a committee is really not worth drawing; in fact, must not be drawn at all! Better to become a stockbroker.

Any cartoon that can be liked by a committee is really not worth drawing; in fact, must not be drawn at all! Better to become a stockbroker.

Michael Leunig quotes: If you know anything about ducks, you know a baby duck will imprint itself on you. It misses its mother.

If you know anything about ducks, you know a baby duck will imprint itself on you. It misses its mother.

Michael Leunig quotes: Anzac Day, it seems, must now be done with bluster, hoopla and media hypnotism.

Anzac Day, it seems, must now be done with bluster, hoopla and media hypnotism.

Michael Leunig quotes: A lot of mothers want to be with their children. They can't afford it for this reason or that reason.

A lot of mothers want to be with their children. They can't afford it for this reason or that reason.

Michael Leunig quotes: Have I got the right to experiment with my child's life?

Have I got the right to experiment with my child's life?

Michael Leunig quotes: Love one another and you will be happy, it is as simple and as difficult as that

Love one another and you will be happy, it is as simple and as difficult as that

Michael Leunig quotes: Sometimes a witticism has no truth behind it.

Sometimes a witticism has no truth behind it.

Michael Leunig quotes: Apparently, the pathfinder duck is a psychological archetype in certain cultures.

Apparently, the pathfinder duck is a psychological archetype in certain cultures.

Michael Leunig quotes: A beautiful wake-up is one of life's most perfectly happy times.

A beautiful wake-up is one of life's most perfectly happy times.

Michael Leunig quotes: In nicey-nicey land, you must be happy-clappy and positive all the time - bad news is taboo.

In nicey-nicey land, you must be happy-clappy and positive all the time - bad news is taboo.

Michael Leunig quotes: Emotional stability has not been America's gift to the world.

Emotional stability has not been America's gift to the world.

Michael Leunig quotes: I've learned to respect the whimsical.

I've learned to respect the whimsical.

Michael Leunig quotes: It's terrible the way words get attached to you like barnacles.

It's terrible the way words get attached to you like barnacles.

Michael Leunig quotes: The most joyous painting is not done for the art world, it is done for the inner world.

The most joyous painting is not done for the art world, it is done for the inner world.

Michael Leunig quotes: The world is philosophically booby-trapped; touch an interesting subject, and it just might blow up in your face. Some say it's better not to touch.

The world is philosophically booby-trapped; touch an interesting subject, and it just might blow up in your face. Some say it's better not to touch.

Michael Leunig quotes: Love a single an additional and you will be satisfied. It really is as easy and as challenging as that.

Love a single an additional and you will be satisfied. It really is as easy and as challenging as that.

Michael Leunig quotes: Stay away from excellence at all costs; it stinks.

Stay away from excellence at all costs; it stinks.

Michael Leunig quotes: I don't like to brag, but I must tell you that I am regarded in some circles as being in the upper echelons of the elite loony left.

I don't like to brag, but I must tell you that I am regarded in some circles as being in the upper echelons of the elite loony left.

Michael Leunig quotes: Each day is a lifetime. In the morning we are born. The day lies before us: vast and bright and new.

Each day is a lifetime. In the morning we are born. The day lies before us: vast and bright and new.

Michael Leunig quotes: There are moments when great music can be the greatest service and charity.

There are moments when great music can be the greatest service and charity.

Michael Leunig quotes: The work of the artist is to express what is repressed or even to speak the unspoken grief of society.

The work of the artist is to express what is repressed or even to speak the unspoken grief of society.

Michael Leunig quotes: You wouldn't wish hardship on anyone, but when it comes, you would be crazy not to see the huge growth that will come from it.

You wouldn't wish hardship on anyone, but when it comes, you would be crazy not to see the huge growth that will come from it.

Michael Leunig quotes: I sense that the road to Heaven is paved with dashed hopes.

I sense that the road to Heaven is paved with dashed hopes.

Michael Leunig quotes: I didn't mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit.

I didn't mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit.

Michael Leunig quotes: Clever modern man is so witless that he thinks moral silence and empty conscience are an advantage.

Clever modern man is so witless that he thinks moral silence and empty conscience are an advantage.

Michael Leunig quotes: Darkness is full of possibility.

Darkness is full of possibility.

Michael Leunig quotes: It is difficult to imagine any time in history when so many people claiming to be so free have lived in so much fear of being unattractive.

It is difficult to imagine any time in history when so many people claiming to be so free have lived in so much fear of being unattractive.

Michael Leunig quotes: Who can protest alone? Who dares rise up? It is not easy. One is all alone, and evermore shall be so.

Who can protest alone? Who dares rise up? It is not easy. One is all alone, and evermore shall be so.

Michael Leunig quotes: Integrity is an ecosystem.

Integrity is an ecosystem.

Michael Leunig quotes: On Anzac Day, coffee and jokes with a Turk might be the most meaningful and fair dinkum dawn service you could possibly have.

On Anzac Day, coffee and jokes with a Turk might be the most meaningful and fair dinkum dawn service you could possibly have.

Michael Leunig quotes: Democracy just isn't working any more; without sanity at its heart, it is becoming a most unique and fiendish tyranny.

Democracy just isn't working any more; without sanity at its heart, it is becoming a most unique and fiendish tyranny.

Michael Leunig quotes: Einstein was a great advocate of the notion that good ideas look absurd at the beginning. Camus expressed a similar view.

Einstein was a great advocate of the notion that good ideas look absurd at the beginning. Camus expressed a similar view.

Michael Leunig quotes: I'm totally deaf in my right ear, yeah.

I'm totally deaf in my right ear, yeah.

Michael Leunig quotes: Pursuit is a rather desperate act in itself. There's something kind of frantic about the notion of pursuit.

Pursuit is a rather desperate act in itself. There's something kind of frantic about the notion of pursuit.

Michael Leunig quotes: People seem to take as much offence as they possibly can these days - it's almost a new type of greed, a new kind of road rage.

People seem to take as much offence as they possibly can these days - it's almost a new type of greed, a new kind of road rage.

Michael Leunig quotes: Muftis and bishops should be like ripe camembert cheeses - a bit on the nose and not for the faint-hearted, but memorable!

Muftis and bishops should be like ripe camembert cheeses - a bit on the nose and not for the faint-hearted, but memorable!

Michael Leunig quotes: Existential philosophy, poetry and art - just like sadness - were all unavoidable to a tender young man in the meat works.

Existential philosophy, poetry and art - just like sadness - were all unavoidable to a tender young man in the meat works.

Michael Leunig quotes: A world view is probably an expression of self.

A world view is probably an expression of self.

Michael Leunig quotes: I had many good teachers, but only three of them were school teachers.

I had many good teachers, but only three of them were school teachers.

Michael Leunig quotes: In my journey as a cartoonist, I seem to have accidentally stumbled into all sorts of traps, damnations and blacklists.

In my journey as a cartoonist, I seem to have accidentally stumbled into all sorts of traps, damnations and blacklists.

Michael Leunig quotes: Every child is a greedy child, I think. I mean, it's healthy to be a greedy child.

Every child is a greedy child, I think. I mean, it's healthy to be a greedy child.

Michael Leunig quotes: My children just want to get at the world; it is so pleasantly surprising to witness that.

My children just want to get at the world; it is so pleasantly surprising to witness that.

Michael Leunig quotes: I was a reflective child.

I was a reflective child.

Michael Leunig quotes: Each day is a lifetime.

Each day is a lifetime.