All William Ralph Inge Quotes
- My dear, we live in an age of transition. Age
- If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound up at a date which we could name if we… Been
- Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends, to the eternal world; it has proved itself stronger than… Belongs
- Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist. Cruel
- The world belongs to those who think and act with it, who keep a finger on its pulse. Act
- They who will live for others shall have great troubles, but they shall seem to them small. Those who will live for themselves shall have… Great
- All human love is a holy thing, the holiest thing in our experience. All
- Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized. Barbarians
- Boredom is a certain sign that we are allowing our faculties to rust in idleness. Allowing
- The happy people are those who are producing something... Happy
- Take away fear, and the battle of Freedom is half won. Away Fear
- Experience is a good teacher, but her fees are very high. Experience
- Faith begins as an experiment, and ends as an experience. Begins
- Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not. Best
- This is old, therefore it is good”; the other says, “This is new, therefore it is better. Better
- 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