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
sentimental disillusioned prove
Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist.
love-is free-love holy
All human love is a holy thing, the holiest thing in our experience.
running names world
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 knew it. The world, if it is to have an end in time, must have had a beginning in time.
gambling barbarians disease
Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.
book reading boredom
Boredom is a certain sign that we are allowing our faculties to rust in idleness.
age transition dear
My dear, we live in an age of transition.
mistake mind important
The vulgar mind always mistakes the exceptional for the important.
wise wisdom common-sense
The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.
reality belief true-faith
True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values.
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.
ends experiments
Faith begins as an experiment, and ends as an experience.
government democracy vote
Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.
hatred patriotism politics
A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.
years no-fear palestine
I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out.