Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man (More Lay Thoughts of a Dean)
William Ralph Inge quote To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. (Idea of Progress)
Religion |
William Ralph Inge quoteThe enemies of Freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot (End of an Age)
Freedom |
William Ralph Inge quoteThere is no law of progress. Our future is in our own hands, to make or to mar. It will be an uphill fight to the end, and would we have it otherwise? Let no one suppose that evolution will ever exempt us from struggles. 'You forget,' said the Devil, with a chuckle, 'that I have been evolving too.
The Future |
William Ralph Inge quoteThe wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.
William Ralph Inge quote A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.
William Ralph Inge quote Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.
William Ralph Inge quote It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.
William Ralph Inge quote Biography
English writer, Dean of St Paul's, 1911 - 34
