Quotes by Murdoch, Iris

Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously. >>

The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, an >>

Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unber >>

Quotations about Virtue

Virtue craves a steep and thorny path. >>

To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome >>

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not su >>

All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.

Murdoch, Iris