Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.

Quote by Malcolm Muggeridge

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History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Good taste and humour...are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment

The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to...

The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to...

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the...

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the...

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

Politeness of the mind is to have delicate thoughts

Your mind is continuously projecting projecting itself

Your mind is continuously projecting projecting itself

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...