William Ralph Inge Quotes - 9quotes.com

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.
Written by William Ralph Inge
The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values.
Written by 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.
Written by 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.
Written by William Ralph Inge
The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
Written by William Ralph Inge
A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.
Written by William Ralph Inge
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.
Written by William Ralph Inge
Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.
Written by William Ralph Inge
No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.
Written by William Ralph Inge
True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values.
Written by William Ralph Inge
Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.
Written by William Ralph Inge
Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true.
Written by 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.
Written by William Ralph Inge
Originality is undetected plagiarism.
Written by William Ralph Inge
Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.
Written by William Ralph Inge
The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.
Written by 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.
Written by William Ralph Inge
There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences.
Written by 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.
Written by 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.
Written by William Ralph Inge
In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.
Written by William Ralph Inge
Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to be the average person.
Written by William Ralph Inge
It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.
Written by William Ralph Inge
To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.
Written by William Ralph Inge
A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can't sit on it.
Written by William Ralph Inge
Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.
Written by William Ralph Inge
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.
Written by William Ralph Inge

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