Quote by Malcolm Muggeridge

One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.

One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we'v

Summary

This quote highlights the danger of blind faith in modern times, suggesting that the sin of credulity has become particularly prominent in the 20th century. It argues that as people have moved away from traditional religious beliefs, they tend to fill the void with unfounded beliefs in various ideas or ideologies. The quote implies that this widespread willingness to believe in anything without questioning or critical thinking is a significant issue, potentially leading to a lack of objective truth and understanding.

Topics

Belief

By Malcolm Muggeridge

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

My mom would take me to restaurants, and the first thing I'd

My mom would take me to restaurants, and the first thing I'd ask for would be a pen and a napkin, and I'd sketch shoes and shoes and shoes.

Mom

All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessa

All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities.

James F. Cooper

I am sorry for those who have never had the experience of se

I am sorry for those who have never had the experience of seeing the victory of a national liberation movement, and I feel cold contempt for those who jeer at it.

Christopher Hitchens

Liberty Iraq War Iraq Liberation 2003 Invasion Of Iraq Antiwar

Wealthy women have rights in every country. And poor women d

Wealthy women have rights in every country. And poor women don't.

Hillary Clinton

Women

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to compute

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to compute it.

We've got to keep an eye on the battle that we face - a war

We've got to keep an eye on the battle that we face - a war on workers. And you see it everywhere. It is the Tea Party. And there's only one way to beat and win that war - the one thing about working people is, we like a good fight.

War

The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the

The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte.

Experience Responsibility Learning Knowledge Effort Gardening Learn Master Garden Caring Acolyte Gardener Guardian Planting

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

Lawrence Durrell

Age

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most wa

When we got into office, the thing that surprised me most was to find that things were just as bad as we'd been saying they were.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I was interested in transcendence from a very early age. I w

I was interested in transcendence from a very early age. I was interested in what was over there, what was behind life. So when I had my first communion I was very disappointed. I had expected something amazing and surprising and spiritual. Instead all I got was a bicycle. That wasn't what I was after at all.

Amazing

You have to be able to recognize your truths in the daylight

You have to be able to recognize your truths in the daylight before you can find them in the dark.

Kelli Jae Baeli

Truth Maturity Psychology Dark Philosophy Of Life Daylight Individuation

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality

Gossip Scandal