Lionel Blue
Lionel Blue
Lionel Blueis a British Reform rabbi, journalist and broadcaster. He was the first British rabbi publicly to declare his homosexuality...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth6 February 1930
sympathy lessons lectures
I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls.
inspirational rich broke
When you do a good turn you feel rich, even if you are broke.
giving problem said
I once asked God what I could give him. "Your problems," he said. "I've got everything else.
confidence self names
If a dish doesn't turn out right, change the name and don't bat an eyelid. A fallen souffle is only a risen omelette. It depends on the self-confidence with which you present it.
religious taken ghetto
I am pleased now that I have lived in a gay as well as a religious ghetto, though it hasn't been very comfortable. Taken together, their limitations cancel each other out and I have seen the world more kindly and more honestly.
christian jesus thinking
In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two.
christian use affair
The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me.
It is not possible to unknow what you do know - the result of that is fanaticism.