William Ralph Inge
William Ralph Inge
William Ralph Inge KCVOwas an English author, Anglican priest, professor of divinity at Cambridge, and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, which provided the appellation by which he was widely known, Dean Inge...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth6 June 1860
William Ralph Inge quotes about
vegetarianism sheep different
It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.
originality plagiarism
Originality is undetected plagiarism.
christian optimism grace
No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.
god should humour
I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.
peace men thrones
A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it.
happiness success happy
The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
philosophy mean thinking
Philosophy means thinking things out for oneself. Ultimately, there can be only one true philosophy, since reason is one and we all live in the same world.
perspective live-for-others trouble
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 small troubles, but they shall seem to them great.
love-is free-love holy
All human love is a holy thing, the holiest thing in our experience.
sentimental disillusioned prove
Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist.
gambling barbarians disease
Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.
views
To marry is to get a binocular view of life.
civilization boredom revolution
The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions, and would soon bring to an end all the static Utopias and the farmyard civilization of the Fabians.
church half speak
The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted.