Joy is the triumph of life; it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings. William Ralph Inge More Quotes by William Ralph Inge More Quotes From William Ralph Inge Admiration for ourselves and our institutions is too often measured by our contempt and dislike for foreigners. William Ralph Inge contempt admiration institutions Boredom is a certain sign that we are allowing our faculties to rust in idleness. William Ralph Inge boredom reading book A monarch frequently represents his subjects better that an elected assembly; and if he is a good judge of character he is likely to have more capable and loyal advisers. William Ralph Inge personality judging character The strongest wish of a vast number of earnest men and women to-day is for a basis of religious belief which shall rest, not upon tradition or external authority or historical evidence, but upon the ascertainable facts of human experience. The craving for immediacy, which we have seen to be characteristic of all mysticism, now takes the form of a desire to establish the validity of the God-consciousness as a normal part of the healthy inner life. William Ralph Inge religious numbers men Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends, to the eternal world; it has proved itself stronger than death. William Ralph Inge stronger grief world Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next. William Ralph Inge next society age Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape and a god and he is travelling in the right direction. William Ralph Inge apes journey men Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it. William Ralph Inge accountability get-up share A man is never so truly and intensely himself as when he is most possessed by God. It is impossible to say where, in the spiritual life, the human will leaves off and divine grace begins. William Ralph Inge grace spiritual men The modern world belongs to the half-educated, a rather difficult class, because they do not realize how little they know. William Ralph Inge half education class Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove. William Ralph Inge trust-no-one hiking challenges Over-population is a phenomenon connected with the survival of the unfit, and it is a mechanism which has created conditions favourable to the survival of the unfit and the elimination of the fit. William Ralph Inge population fit survival Hatred toward any human being cannot exist in the same heart as love to God. William Ralph Inge hatred humans heart No healthy civilization can ever be reared on a foundation of devitalized work. William Ralph Inge foundation healthy civilization My dear, we live in an age of transition. William Ralph Inge dear transition age "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better." William Ralph Inge Lutheranism is essentially German... It worships a God who is neither just nor merciful. William Ralph Inge superstitions belief worship The Devil deserves zero tolerance. William Ralph Inge tolerance devil zero 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. William Ralph Inge certain choices expectations Christianity promises to make men free; it never promises to make them independent. William Ralph Inge independent men promise
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