Malcolm Muggeridge on Self-denial

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Malcolm Muggeridge on Self-denial

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.

—Malcolm Muggeridge, British journalist, writer, and Christian apologist (1903–1990)

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