Theodore Dalrymple
7 quotes
Biography
"To regret religion is to regret Western civilization."
"There is nothing that an intellectual less likes to change than his mind, or a politician his policy."
"Demonstrative proof is lacking, but if we thought only about those things about which such proof were available, our minds would be empty most of the time."
"Feeling good about yourself is not the same thing as doing good. Good policy is more important than good feelings."
"Facts are much more malleable than prejudices."
"All forms of human happiness contain within themselves the seeds of their own decomposition."
"I have the not altogether unsatisfying impression that civilisation is collapsing around me.Is it my age, I wonder, or the age we live in? I am not sure. Civilisations do collapse, after all, but on the other hand people grow old with rather greater frequency."