Freedom is not a tea-party, freedom is a war.
Iris Murdoch – Under the Net
Freedom as Conflict
F
Personal Suffering
P
The greater part of our suffering is self-inflicted.
Iris Murdoch – Under the Net
Perspective on Criticism
P
A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
Iris Murdoch – Under the Net
Luck in Writing
L
Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one’s luck.
Iris Murdoch – Under the Net
Life’s Best Journey
L
The best journey of my life had brought me home.
Iris Murdoch – Under the Net
Conscience vs. Innocence
C
Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence.
Iris Murdoch – Under the Net
Nature of Goodness
N
Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.
Iris Murdoch – Under the Net
Cosmic Scream
C
Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.
Iris Murdoch – Under the Net
Involuntary Jealousy
I
Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins.
Iris Murdoch – Under the Net
Freedom in Knowledge
F
If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us.
Iris Murdoch – Under the Net