Quotable Quote: The Church

Periodically all the arts break their own rules, to renew themselves and to invigorate themselves when the letter is killing and the spirit is offering life. The church has not been either as brave or as wise. I wanted to be a priest and not a traffic warden. I wanted to open the way to spiritual insights, not dole out penalties for every silly offence. That is why I left the church, not the teachings of christ but the dogmas of man, and when I turn to the church now, I know, god forgive me, that it is because I am too weak to turn to myself.

taken from "Art & Lies", Jeannette Winterson, 1994.