The game of life is worth playing, but the struggle is the prize. William Ralph Inge More Quotes by William Ralph Inge More Quotes From William Ralph Inge To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. William Ralph Inge superstitionsphilosophyreligion 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 agefiftythinking Experience is a good teacher, but her fees are very high. William Ralph Inge good-teacherfeesteacher Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater. William Ralph Inge theatertheatrereflection The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot. William Ralph Inge freedomtechnologyenemy Nature takes away any faculty that is not used. William Ralph Inge usednatureaction 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 adversityheartgiving 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 jealousspringmen Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism. William Ralph Inge plagiarismunconsciousoriginality 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 phasesconnectionsconsciousness A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. William Ralph Inge patriotismpoliticshatred 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 cousinanimalbeautiful No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism. William Ralph Inge optimismgracechristian 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 viewsrealitymoving A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it. William Ralph Inge trustwarpeace 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 prayeropportunitymean 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 realtwothinking 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 verbscookingfood Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love. William Ralph Inge grievingprofounddeath Religion is caught, not taught. William Ralph Inge caughttaughtreligion
