D. M. Thomas Quotes

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea.

The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.

Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not.

To love God is something greater than to know Him.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.

Judas heard all Christ's sermons.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

We are not lacking in the dynamic forces needed to create the future. We live immersed in a sea of energy beyond all comprehension.

No society ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parasites living off those who produce.

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.

There is no more beautiful sight in all this world than to see a family praying together. There is real meaning behind the oft-quoted ‘The family that prays together stays together.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.

It would be wrong to refuse to face the fact that everything is fundamentally sick and sad.

Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.

I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.

If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, [then and only then will truth]prevail over fanaticism.

If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.

You are made in the image of what you desire.

Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

The best craftsmanship always leaves holes and gaps... so that something that is not in the poem can creep, crawl, flash or thunder in.

A genius is a talented person who does his homework.

Amplification is the vice of modern oratory.

When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.

Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.

I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.

Free men do not ask permission to bear arms

Every breath we draw is a gift of God's love; every moment of existence is a grace.

The root of prayer is interior silence.

Debt is a cleverly managed reconquest of Africa

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?

When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes.

I do not need any friends. I prefer enemies. They are better company and their feelings towards you are always genuine.

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter.

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.

The hocus-pocus phantasm of a God, like another Cerberus, with one body and three heads, had its birth and growth in the blood of thousands and thousands of martyrs.

Youth calls to age across the tired years: 'What have you found,' he cries, 'what have you sought?" 'What have you found,' age answers through his tears, 'What have you sought.

Being a conductor is kind of a hybrid profession because most fundamentally, it is being someone who is a coach, a trainer, an editor, a director.

I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay.

Everyone wants to shine bright like a diamond, but no one wants to get cut.

Labeling a child as mentally ill is stigmatization, not diagnosis. Giving a child a psychiatric drug is poisoning, not treatment.