Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy L. Sayers
Dorothy Leigh Sayerswas a renowned English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator, and Christian humanist. She was also a student of classical and modern languages...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth13 June 1893
Dorothy L. Sayers quotes about
alive believes cares enjoys finds hates hell interferes lives purpose remains seeks sin
In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.
knowledge civilization way
Learning and literature have a way of outlasting the civilization that made them.
dragons rewards gains
Here be dragons to be slain, here be rich rewards to gain; If we perish in the seeking, why, how small a thing is death!
numbers astrology people
the truth and value of a theory does not depend on the number of people who are interested in it - otherwise you might compare the number of people who follow the predictions of astrologers in the daily press with those who attend lectures by Einstein, and conclude that astrology was more valuable and true than physics.
integrity artist lasts
To make a deliberate falsification for personal gain is the last, worst depth to which either scholar or artist can descend in work or life.
giving-money people church
The doctrine of hell is not "mediaeval priestcraft" for frightening people into giving money to the church: it is Christ's deliberate judgment on sin.... We cannot repudiate hell without altogether repudiating Christ.
life-death solutions
There is no solution to death.Life intends to kill us.
time thinking feet
all conscious thought is a process in time; so that to think consciously about Time is like trying to use a foot-rule to measure its own length.
mistake expression literature
make no mistake about it, the detective-story is part of the literature of escape, and not of expression.
artistic found theological
... at no point have I yet found artistic truth and theological truth at variance.
hallmark competence knows
To know one's own limitations is the hallmark of competence.
opposites honor
... to mention honor was to suggest its opposite.
outlook prove ifs
There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited.
integrity errors ethical-principles
The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the time. If we do not penalize false statements made in error, we open up the way for false statements by intention. And a false statement of fact, made deliberately, is the most serious crime a scientist can commit.