Logo
Quote by Malcolm Muggeridge
I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up purs

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus. – Malcolm Muggeridge

Other quotes by Malcolm Muggeridge

I will lift up mine eyes unto the pills. Almost everyone takes them, from the humble aspirin to the multi-coloured, king-sized three deckers, which put you to sleep, wake you up, stimulate and soothe you all in one. It is an age of pills. – Malcolm Muggeridge

Category:
Drugs
Author
Malcolm Muggeridge
Read Quote

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth. – Malcolm Muggeridge

Category:
Happiness
Author
Malcolm Muggeridge
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Happiness
category

I was as happy doing theater in New York for little or no money as I am now doing television for more money. The happiness, I guess, comes out of it being a good job. The success has to do with the fact that its a good job that will continue. – David Hyde Pierce

Category:
Happiness

It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere, finding musicians to work with that were sympathetic. – Robert Wyatt

Category:
Happiness

The sexes were made for each other, and only in the wise and loving union of the two is the fullness of health and duty and happiness to be expected. – William Hall

Category:
Happiness

We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. – Pierre Corneille

Category:
Happiness

Random Quotes

Rest, rest, shall I have not all eternity to rest. – Antoine Arnauld

Category:
Rest, Leisure

Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent below replacement. – Maggie Gallagher

Category:
Marriage

Then I abandoned comics for fine art because I had some romantic vision of being like Vincent Van Gogh Jr. – Bill Griffith

Category:
Romantic

Obama won the presidency on the strength of his message and the skills of the messenger. Now the talk of hope and change feels out of tune when so many Americans are out of work, over-mortgaged, and worried that life will be even tougher for their children. – Ron Fournier

Category:
Change