Quotes by Cary, Joyce




Joyce Arthur Cary (born Arthur Joyce Lunel, December 7, 1888 - March 29, 1957) was an Irish novelist and artist..

"The will is never free -- it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car -- it can't steer."

Cary, Joyce on free will    Share


"God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing."

Cary, Joyce on miracles    Share

"Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul -- politics does the same thing for the body."

Cary, Joyce on politics    Share

"For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in continuous creation and therefore continuous change and insecurity."

Cary, Joyce on change    Share

"I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain."

Cary, Joyce on death
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