Geoffrey Fisher
Geoffrey Fisher
Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth, GCVO, PCwas Archbishop of Canterbury from 1945 to 1961...
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth5 May 1887
country lonely loneliness
In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely.
countless dare enemies freedom limits loudly people picked press song themselves
Some of the press who speak loudly about the freedom of the press are themselves the enemies of freedom. Countless people dare not say a thing because they know it will be picked up and made a song of by the press. That limits freedom.
country far kingdom
This country and the Commonwealth last Tuesday were not far from the Kingdom of Heaven.
dare home overseas profoundly wish
Dare I say that when he is at home I wish he was overseas, and still more profoundly when he is overseas I wish he was at home?
song people enemy
Some of the press who speak loudly about the freedom of the press are themselves the enemies of freedom. Countless people dare not say a thing because they know it will be picked up and made a song of by the press. That limits freedom.
men rights law
There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes his choices and decisions-a realm of his own essential rights and liberties into which the law, generally speaking, must not intrude.
ends left left-out
Once you start, there is no end to who is to go in and who is to be left out.
catholic purpose trouble
I hope that by going to visit the pope I have enabled everybody to see that the words Catholic and Protestant, as ordinarily used, are completely out of date. They are almost always used now purely for propaganda purposes. That is why so much trouble is caused by them.
retirement book writing
Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book.
punishment long murder
The long and distressing controversy over capital punishment is very unfair to anyone meditating murder.
moving perfection target
When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target.
responsibility men sin
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone.
long joy christianity
The longer I live, the more convinced I am that Christianity is one long shout of joy!
christian two people
There are only two kinds of people in the modern world who know what they are after. One, quite frankly, is the Communist. The other, equally frankly, is the convinced Christian. The rest of the world are amiable nonentities.