Quotes by Lionel Blue

Christianity had two faces which bewildered me - two pictures which didnt fit. (Lionel Blue)

Discrimination against Jews can be read in Thomas Aquinas, and insults against Jews in Martin Luther. (Lionel Blue)

During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school. (Lionel Blue)

For a devotee or lover, the being, worshipped or loved, will always be the only one for her or him. (Lionel Blue)

I am pleased now that I have lived in a gay as well as a religious ghetto, though it hasnt been very comfortable. Taken together, their limitations cancel each other out and I have seen the world more kindly and more honestly. (Lionel Blue)

I didnt want to be on the losing side. I was fed up with Jewish weakness, timidity and fear. I didnt want any more Jewish sentimentality and Jewish suffering. I was sickened by our sad songs. (Lionel Blue)

I feel that the Christian experience and the Jewish one have much to give each other. If this open society continues and there is no return to political anti-Semitism, then this encounter, deeper than any theology, may happen. (Lionel Blue)

I have ended as a Reform Rabbi, grateful to Christianity for so many good things. (Lionel Blue)

I recovered my infant Judaism, but in a reformist version. (Lionel Blue)

I still go to a Christian priory for retreats. (Lionel Blue)