I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped. Iris Murdoch daresayholymake Change image and share on social
Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions. Iris Murdoch arousedisciplineemotion Change image and share on social
The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all. Iris Murdoch changefalllove share on social
Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self. Iris Murdoch busyconsciousnesseveryday Change image and share on social
The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe. Iris Murdoch abolishcatastrophecomfort Change image and share on social
No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base. Iris Murdoch basecallfrivolous Change image and share on social
Only lies and evil come from letting people off. Iris Murdoch evilletlie Change image and share on social
People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. Iris Murdoch flowerjoymad Change image and share on social
The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries. Iris Murdoch absolutebodyhuman Change image and share on social
Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference. Iris Murdoch confuseindifferencemisguide Change image and share on social
