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
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.
originality plagiarism unconscious
Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism.
civilization healthy foundation
No healthy civilization can ever be reared on a foundation of devitalized work.
food verbs said
The whole of nature, as has been said, is a conjugation of the verb to eat, in the active and in the passive.
spiritual joy true-life
Joy is the triumph of life; it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings.
civilization disease
Civilization is a disease which is almost invariably fatal.
self affection intellect
Faith is an act of self-consecration, in which the will, the intellect, and the affections all have their place.
honesty supposing-that policy
Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.
adversity heart giving
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 their soul.
judging soldier battle
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.
religion taught caught
Religion is caught, not taught.