All William Ralph Inge Quotes
- The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations which have not… Animal
- The whole of nature, as has been said, is a conjugation of the verb to eat, in the active and in the passive. Active
- No healthy civilization can ever be reared on a foundation of devitalized work. Civilization
- Hatred toward any human being cannot exist in the same heart as love to God. Any
- Admiration for ourselves and our institutions is too often measured by our contempt and dislike for foreigners. Admiration
- The game of life is worth playing, but the struggle is the prize. Game
- Each generation takes a special pleasure in removing the household gods of its parents from their pedestals, and consigning them to the cupboard. Consigning
- Over-population is a phenomenon connected with the survival of the unfit, and it is a mechanism which has created conditions favourable to the survival of… Conditions
- The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other peoples. Mind
- Religion is caught, not taught. Caught
- For better or worse, man is the tool-using animal, and as such he has become the lord of creation. When he is lord also of… Animal
- There is no law of progress. Our future is in our own hands, to make or to mar. It will be an uphill fight to… Been
- 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. Battle
- All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet not apart from, the world of natural phenomena. All
- Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make the venture by the affinity and attraction which we feel… Affinity
- In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much… Adopt
- To marry is to get a binocular view of life. Binocular
- We must cut our coat according to our cloth, and adapt ourselves to changing circumstances. According
- God does not always punish a nation by sending it adversity. More often He gives the oppressors their hearts' desire, and sends leanness withal into… Adversity
- The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted. Church