Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered. Graham Greene on age
People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery. Graham Greene on courage
Failure too is a form of death. Graham Greene on death
We are all of us resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to. Graham Greene on death
Failure too is a form of death. Graham Greene on failure
Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline. Graham Greene on failure
If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another mask? Graham Greene on faith
Writing is a form of therapy sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation. Graham Greene on fear
Heresy is another word for freedom of thought. Graham Greene on freedom
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. Graham Greene on future
No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another's happiness. Graham Greene on happiness
Human nature is not black and white but black and grey. Graham Greene on nature
In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock! Graham Greene on peace
In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. Graham Greene on relationship
Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered. Graham Greene on sad
Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline. Graham Greene on success
Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully. Graham Greene on technology
It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself. Graham Greene on trust
Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully. Graham Greene on truth
The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. Graham Greene on truth