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William Ralph Inge Quotes
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Type: Clergyman Quotes Category: English Clergyman Quotes Date of Birth: June 6, 1860 Date of Death: February 26, 1954 Nationality: English Find on Amazon: William Ralph Inge Related Authors: Thomas Fuller Stephen Gardiner Sydney Smith Joseph Butler John Nelson Darby George Carey John Still |
A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can't sit on it.
William Ralph Inge A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. William Ralph Inge Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance. William Ralph Inge Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter. William Ralph Inge Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival. William Ralph Inge I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour. William Ralph Inge I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty. William Ralph Inge In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted. William Ralph Inge It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own. William Ralph Inge It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion. William Ralph Inge It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion. William Ralph Inge Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the private soldier is a poor judge of the fortunes of a great battle. William Ralph Inge Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. William Ralph Inge Literature flourishes best when it is half trade and half an art. William Ralph Inge Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man. William Ralph Inge No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. William Ralph Inge Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true. William Ralph Inge Originality is undetected plagiarism. William Ralph Inge Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. William Ralph Inge Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person. William Ralph Inge The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values. William Ralph Inge The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot. William Ralph Inge The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so. William Ralph Inge Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater. William Ralph Inge There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences. William Ralph Inge To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. William Ralph Inge True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values. William Ralph Inge We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form. William Ralph Inge Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next. William Ralph Inge Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due. William Ralph Inge Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due. William Ralph Inge |
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