The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values. William Ralph Inge More Quotes by William Ralph Inge More Quotes From William Ralph Inge I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty. William Ralph Inge age fifty thinking Experience is a good teacher, but her fees are very high. William Ralph Inge good-teacher fees teacher Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater. William Ralph Inge theater theatre reflection The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot. William Ralph Inge freedom technology enemy Nature takes away any faculty that is not used. William Ralph Inge used nature action 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. William Ralph Inge adversity heart giving The jealous man is so preoccupied with what he hasn't got that he fails to appreciate the value of what he has got. He loses the ability to feel glad because the sun is shining. He doesn't see the wonder and the newness of the beginning of spring. William Ralph Inge jealous spring men Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism. William Ralph Inge plagiarism unconscious originality 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. William Ralph Inge phases connections consciousness A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. William Ralph Inge patriotism politics hatred The game of life is worth playing, but the struggle is the prize. William Ralph Inge struggle life-is games Deliberate cruelty to our defenceless and beautiful little cousins is surely one of the meanest and most detestable vices of which a human being can be guilty. William Ralph Inge cousin animal beautiful No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. William Ralph Inge optimism grace christian 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. William Ralph Inge views reality moving A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it. William Ralph Inge trust war peace Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. William Ralph Inge prayer opportunity mean It is quite natural and inevitable that, if we spend sixteen hours daily of our waking lives in thinking about the affairs of the world and five minutes in thinking about God and our souls, this world will seem two hundred times more real to us than God. William Ralph Inge real two thinking The whole of nature, as has been said, is a conjugation of the verb to eat, in the active and in the passive. William Ralph Inge verbs cooking food Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love. William Ralph Inge grieving profound death Religion is caught, not taught. William Ralph Inge caught taught religion
