Hugh Mackay

Quotes by Hugh Mackay

• Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me.

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• Perhaps it's the people whose lives have taken sudden new twists - people who have learned to embrace the creative possibilities of change - who stand the best chance of penetrating life's mysteries.

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• Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.

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• The underlying message of the Lancet article is that if you want to understand aggressive behaviour in children, look to the social and emotional environment in which they are growing up, and the values they bring to the viewing experience.

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• A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy and vitality of spring but with the more subdued spirit of autumn?

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• Reading is a huge effort for many people, a bore for others, and, believe it or not, many people prefer watching TV.

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• No one welcomes chaos, but why crave stability and predictability?

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• The copycat effects of media violence, similar to those previously attributed to westerns, radio serials and comic books, are easy to exaggerate.

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• It seems inevitable that the magic of the written word will fade.

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• Indeed, in the present climate of mistrust of institutions, many people who yearn for a more meaningful and fulfilling life would regard the church as an unlikely place to go for guidance.

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