Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks quotes

“It is clearly absurd that it should be possible for a woman to qualify as a saint with direct access to the Almighty, while she may not qualify as a curate.”
-- Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks

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“[On women as priests:] It has always seemed very odd to me that this particular sphere of activity should remain a male closed shop, seeing that, to judge from church attendance, women are the more religious sex - while our criminal statistics make quite clear that they are the least wicked.”
-- Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks

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“Domestic work, is, after all, both tedious and repetitive, and it is not surprising that most women and all men avoid as much of it as possible.”
-- Mary Stocks, Baroness Stocks

Source : "Pakistan must not be abandoned" by Mohsin Hamid, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2001.

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“All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.”

“Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the apparent outcome may be defeat.”

“Abu Sa'id al-Kharraz said I have never known Allah May He be exalted except through the coincidence in Him of the opposites. 'He is the First and the Last, the Apparent and the Hidden.'”

“Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.”

“Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?”

“The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment, but the manufacture of a saint is the task of a lifetime.”

Source : Alan Redpath (2004). “The Making of a Man of God (Alan Redpath Library): Lessons from the Life of David”, p.6, Baker Books

“At Yves Saint Laurent, I felt like the son-in-law - like I was part of the family, but not quite. When I was fired, I felt like the widow.”

“A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn.”

“The emblem on the necktie reserved for the members of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews - The Vatican of golf - is of St. Andrew himself bearing the slatier cross on which, once he was captured at Patras, he was to be stretched before he was crucified.Only the Scots would have thought of celebrating a national game with the figure of a tortured saint.”

“He who desires nothing but God is rich and happy.”