“To change, to convert? Why bother?” — Lionel Blue Quote

To change, to convert? Why bother?

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.

I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick up their know-how.

For a Christian, Jesus is the unique and only way that God has fully revealed himself. For a Jew this cannot be.

I began to see that my problems, seen spiritually, were really my soul's plusses.

I've done second leads in movies, I've done really small roles, too. Other actors never bother me, I believe I'm decent enough to make my own place.

I know what I can do so it doesn't bother me what other people think or their opinion on the situation.

A national currency, with the Euro as a common currency - that wouldn't bother me.

I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.

My mother, she didn't believe in praise. She'd never say anything was great. I think that's quite Northern, to not make people feel too good. I didn't mind if she was proud of me or not, it didn't bother me. I was never trying to please her.