Easter is reflecting upon suffering for one thing, but it also reflects upon Jesus and his non compliance in the face of great authority where he holds to his truth - so there's two stories there. - Michael Leunig 1 Share Now -
Practically every technology that is ever invented is touted as being the new savior, the thing that will bring peace and goodwill to the earth, but immediately it falls into other hands who see it as the opportunity to promote the very opposite. - Michael Leunig 2 Share Now -
What modern humans need help with is escaping from the despair of politics, commerce and media, escaping from the drabness and oppressiveness of worldly values and seeing through suburban mentality and normal community standards so that they can find some much-needed relief for their wilting souls. - Michael Leunig 3 Share Now -
When I was a boy, my own dad told me in a smiling and wistful way that it's a wise man that knows his own father. - Michael Leunig 4 Share Now -
Art, like religion, arises from the spirit, but alas, the formalizing of spiritual life all too often ends in hypocrisy. - Michael Leunig 5 Share Now -
Fogs are like dreams that feed the soul, and without their mysterious embrace, childhood, courtship, poetry and the composition of music become all the more difficult. - Michael Leunig 6 Share Now -
A good memory is surely a compost heap that converts experience to wisdom, creativity, or dottiness; not that these things are of much earthly value, but at least they may keep you amused when the world is keeping you locked away or shutting you out. - Michael Leunig 7 Share Now -
I must warn you right here and now that I am a 'wet leftie,' a 'leftist' and also a member of the 'bleeding heart liberal left.' I had no say in it whatsoever. I woke up one morning, and these things were tattooed across my forehead. - Michael Leunig 8 Share Now -
An education system suits some more than others. It can lead you out into life or lead you on a wild goose chase. It can help to make you miserable, or dull and nasty and insipid, or profoundly stupid in the special way that 'brainy' people can be. - Michael Leunig 9 Share Now -
The human relationship to combustion is as mysterious as it is fraught with madness. From the candle flame to the nuclear blast, it has lit up the human imagination with fear and fascination. - Michael Leunig 10 Share Now -
