William Ralph Inge Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.”

“Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.”

“The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.”

“It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.”

“Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person.”

“Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.”

“A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can't sit on it.”

“To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.”

“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.”

“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.”