Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.
Iris MurdochOnly the very greatest art invigorates without consoling.
Iris MurdochTags: art
Anything that consoles is fake.
Iris MurdochLove is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
Iris MurdochTags: love realization
We can only learn to love by loving.
Iris MurdochOne should go easy on smashing other people's lies. Better to concentrate on one's own.
Iris MurdochOne of the secrets of a happy life is continous small treats.
Iris MurdochI think being a woman is like being Irish... Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the time.
Iris MurdochTags: women feminism irish ireland
Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.
Iris MurdochI know how much you grieve over those who are under your care: those you try to help and fail, those you cannot help. Have faith in God and remember that He will is His own way and in His own time complete what we so poorly attempt. Often we do not achieve for others the good that we intend but achieve something, something that goes on from our effort. Good is an overflow. Where we generously and sincerely intend it, we are engaged in a work of creation which may be mysterious even to ourselves - and because it is mysterious we may be afraid of it. But this should not make us draw back. God can always show us, if we will, a higher and a better way; and we can only learn to love by loving. Remember that all our failures are ultimately failures in love. Imperfect love must not be condemned and rejected but made perfect. The way is always forward, never back.
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