10 quotes
We must cure ourselves of the habit of war.
Australians in a Nuclear War (1983)
Possibly all art flowers more readily in silence.
The Prodigal Son (1958)
Conversation is imperative if gaps are to be filled, and old age, it is the last gap but one.
The Tree of Man (1955)
If she had only been able to touch him, they might perhaps have pooled their secrets and discovered the reason for human confusion. But as that wasn't possible, she went outside, into the garden.
The Burnt Ones (1964)
And that is why I am anathema to certain kinds of Australian intellectual. I've lost interest in the theatre because you can't get what you want ever.
Loonies speak their own language, like educated people.
The Tree of Man (1955)
I have derived immense comfort, hope, faith, inspiration from a great American, the Cistercian monk-teacher-activist Thomas Merton.
Australians in a Nuclear War (1983)
The essence of what you have to say you pick up before you're twenty.
In The Making (1970)
In my books I have lifted bits from various religions in trying to come to a better understanding; I've made use of religious themes and symbols. Now, as the world becomes more pagan, one has to lead people in the same direction in a different way.
In The Making (1970)
The ideal of non-attachment has been preached again and again in the course of the last 3000 years. It is found in Hinduism, the teachings of Buddha, the doctrine of Lao Tsu, in the philosophy of the Greek Stoics.
Australians in a Nuclear War (1983)