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Morris West quotes

Australian Writer April 26, 1916 – October 9, 1999

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Morris West quote: "If you spend your life waiting for the sun you'll never enjoy..."
If you spend your life waiting for the sun you'll never enjoy the storm. Morris West
Well I travelled quite a lot in the east, and one of the things that impressed me greatly was the buddhist notion of the continuity of things, the wheel of life which is what we're talking about, the ever turning wheel. Morris West
Morris West quote: "If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll..."
If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine. Morris West
Once you accept the existence of God - however you define him, however you explain your relationship to him - then you are caught forever with his presence in the center of all things. Morris West
None of us is guaranteed against failure or corruption of any kind; witness what's going on in the world in this moment, the follies of human nature and the failures of human nature. Morris West
One has to accept pain as a condition of existence. One has to court doubt and darkness as the cost of knowing. One needs a will stubborn in conflict, but apt always to the total acceptance of every consequence of living and dying. Morris West
Morris West quote: "If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine..."
If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth. Morris West
Morris West quote: "Ever since the Greeks, we have been drunk with language! We..."
Ever since the Greeks, we have been drunk with language! We have made a cage with words and shoved our God inside! Morris West
I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people. Morris West
Morris West quote: "[The writer] has to be the kind of man who turns the world..."
[The writer] has to be the kind of man who turns the world upside down and says, lookit, it looks different, doesn’t it? Morris West
You are also caught with the fact that man is a creature who walks in two worlds and traces upon the walls of his cave the wonders and the nightmare experiences of his spiritual pilgrimage. Morris West
Man is a creature who walks in two worlds and traces upon the walls of his cave the wonders and the nightmare experiences of his spiritual pilgrimage. Morris West
I look out of this window and I think this is a cosmos, this is a huge creation, this is one small corner of it. The trees and birds and everything else and I'm part of it. I didn't ask to be put here, I've been lucky in finding myself here. Morris West
Morris West quote: "History is alwys written by victors, and the defeated create a..."
History is alwys written by victors, and the defeated create a new set of myths to explain the past and gild the future Morris West
There are still things I want to do but they're not necessary for me to do. I'm not clinging to anything that I can't open my hands and let go. Morris West

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