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Ronald Knox quotes: If you have a sloppy religion you get a sloppy atheism.

If you have a sloppy religion you get a sloppy atheism.

Ronald Knox quotes: A rush age cannot be a reflective age.

A rush age cannot be a reflective age.

Ronald Knox quotes: A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.

Ronald Knox quotes: He who travels in the Barque of Peter had better not look too closely into the engine room.

He who travels in the Barque of Peter had better not look too closely into the engine room.

Ronald Knox quotes: It is possible to argue that the true business of faith is not to produce emotional conviction in us, but to teach us to do without it.

It is possible to argue that the true business of faith is not to produce emotional conviction in us, but to teach us to do without it.

Ronald Knox quotes: Can anything matter, unless there is Somebody who minds?

Can anything matter, unless there is Somebody who minds?

Ronald Knox quotes: Dogmas may fly out at the window but congregations do not come in at the door.

Dogmas may fly out at the window but congregations do not come in at the door.

Ronald Knox quotes: The prevailing attitude of the speakers was one of heavy disagreement with a number of things which the reader had not said.

The prevailing attitude of the speakers was one of heavy disagreement with a number of things which the reader had not said.

Ronald Knox quotes: Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.

Ronald Knox quotes: Always tell the truth, and people will never believe you.

Always tell the truth, and people will never believe you.

Ronald Knox quotes: When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.

Ronald Knox quotes: A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Ronald Knox quotes: Long before I had ever seen a ritualistic service I became a Ritualist.

Long before I had ever seen a ritualistic service I became a Ritualist.

Ronald Knox quotes: The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.

The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.

Ronald Knox quotes: The study of comparative religions is the best way to become comparatively religious.

The study of comparative religions is the best way to become comparatively religious.

Ronald Knox quotes: It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.

It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.

Ronald Knox quotes: If a man tells you that he is fond of the Imitation, view him with sudden suspicion; he is either a dabbler or a Saint.

If a man tells you that he is fond of the Imitation, view him with sudden suspicion; he is either a dabbler or a Saint.

Ronald Knox quotes: Order is the cipher by which Mind speaks to mind in the midst of chaos.

Order is the cipher by which Mind speaks to mind in the midst of chaos.