Henry Graham Greene quotes and words of wisdom

"Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully."
Found in the topic Truth.

"Writing is a form of therapy. Sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear which is inherent in the human situation."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"Heresy is another word for freedom of thought."
Found in the topic Heresy.

"There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in."
Found in the topic Children.

"Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt."
Found in the topic Cruel.

"In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths."
Found in the topic Lever.

Interesting Quotes

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.John Kenneth Galbraith - US (Canadian-born) administrator & economist (1908 - )

All great truths begin as blasphemies.George Bernard Shaw - Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950)