Life is no straight and easy corridor along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages, through which we must seek our way, lost and confused, now and again checked in a blind alley. …

Archibald Joseph Cronin (19 July 1896 – 6 January 1981) was a Scottish novelist and physician, most famous for his works The Citadel and The Keys of the Kingdom.

Quotes

Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.
Hell is that state where one has ceased to hope.
  • Life is no straight and easy corridor along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages, through which we must seek our way, lost and confused, now and again checked in a blind alley.
    But always, if we have faith, a door will open for us, not perhaps one that we ourselves would ever have thought of, but one that will ultimately prove good for us.
    • As quoted in Knight's Treasury of Illustrations (1956), p. 149
  • Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.
    • As quoted in Today's Gift : Daily Meditations for Families (1985) by Hazelden Publishing, p. 11

The Citadel (1937)

  • You are extraordinarily attractive to women. And your greatest charm is that you do not realise it.
    • Paraphrased variant: You are very attractive. And your greatest charm is that you do not realise it!

The Keys of the Kingdom (1941)

  • Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them.
    • p. 90
  • Hell is that state where one has ceased to hope.
    • p. 207
  • Even if my country remains at war with yours . . . remember ... I am not your enemy.
    • p. 281


Misattributed

  • Religions are many, reason is one, we are all brothers.
    • Chinese proverb, as quoted in The Chinese Empire (1855), by M. Huc,Vol. II, p. 199; also in "M. Huc's Travels in China" in Living Age (1855), p, 668
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