Lionel Blue Quotes


In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two. Lionel Blue Christianity 86
I still go to a Christian priory for retreats. Lionel Blue Christian 84
The real evidence is not practically speaking in scholarship but in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practising Christians. Their lives are the proofs of their beliefs. Lionel Blue Based 84
Discrimination against Jews can be read in Thomas Aquinas, and insults against Jews in Martin Luther. Lionel Blue Against 78
I found that when I did something for the sake of heaven, heaven happened. These things changed my life. I owe them to my encounter with Christianity. Lionel Blue Changed 77
During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school. Lionel Blue Home 76
I recovered my infant Judaism, but in a reformist version. Lionel Blue Infant 75
It was admitted by the early rabbis that the sectarians could be as full of good works as eggs were full of meat. Lionel Blue Admitted 74
For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God. Lionel Blue Religion 74
The real evidence for Jesus and Christianity is in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practicing Christians. Lionel Blue Christmas 73
I have ended as a Reform Rabbi, grateful to Christianity for so many good things. Lionel Blue Christianity 72
I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay. Lionel Blue Being 71
For a Christian, Jesus is the unique and only way that God has fully revealed himself. For a Jew this cannot be. Lionel Blue Christian 67
The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me. Lionel Blue Religion 59
I literally fell among Quakers when I went up to Oxford. Lionel Blue Among 59
Some of the parables of the Kingdom made wonderful sense, but the exclusivity in the New Testament put me off. Lionel Blue Exclusivity 57
Pious XII was too neutral to mention the gas chambers; decent people like my own family were turned into devils by crude Christianity. Lionel Blue Family 56
Someone gave me a New Testament. I had never before read it systematically. Some parts made sense, some parts shocked me. Lionel Blue Gave 51
Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again. Lionel Blue Religion 42
For a devotee or lover, the being, worshipped or loved, will always be the only one for her or him. Lionel Blue Being 41
To change, to convert? Why bother? Lionel Blue Change 41
Because of my Marxism, I was not into myths or miracles, whether it was the virgin birth, the physical resurrection or casting out demons from an epileptic. Lionel Blue Birth 40
An aged rabbi, crazed with liberalism, once said to me, We Jews are just ordinary human beings. Only a bit more so! Lionel Blue Aged 39
It is not possible to unknow what you do know - the result of that is fanaticism. Lionel Blue Fanaticism 39
My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely. Lionel Blue Age 36
Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life. Lionel Blue Home 36
The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge. Lionel Blue Acknowledge 35
I was not comfortable worshipping another Jew. Lionel Blue Another 35
At religious instruction classes, I encountered The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, and the sincerity of the traveller in that book was overwhelming. Lionel Blue Book 32
To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn't wish my teens and 20s on my enemies. Lionel Blue Birthday 31
I feel that the Christian experience and the Jewish one have much to give each other. If this open society continues and there is no return to political anti-Semitism, then this encounter, deeper than any theology, may happen. Lionel Blue Society 30
I was not allowed a physical lover. Falling in love with Love was the best I could get. Lionel Blue Allowed 28
On the way to work good-hearted young girls sometimes offer me their seats, which I accept and bless them in return, a transaction satisfying to all concerned. Lionel Blue Accept 26
My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston. Lionel Blue Religion 24
So many plusses, so many minuses. Lionel Blue Minuses 23

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