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
ends experiments
Faith begins as an experiment, and ends as an experience.
admiration institutions contempt
Admiration for ourselves and our institutions is too often measured by our contempt and dislike for foreigners.
parent age paradise
When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked to Eve, "My dear, we live in an age of transition."
expectations choices certain
Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true.
patriotic patriotism noble
Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy.
horse cynical saws
We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.
blessing government humans
A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.
moving reality issues
Our test is infallible. Whatever view of reality deepens our sense of the tremendous issues of life in the world wherein we move, is for us nearer the truth than any view which diminishes that sense.
civilization waste products
Civilization is being poisoned by its own waste products.
independent men promise
Christianity promises to make men free; it never promises to make them independent.
zero tolerance devil
The Devil deserves zero tolerance.
phases connections consciousness
Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.
rivals way institutions
Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.
prayer mean opportunity
Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.