Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next. William Ralph Inge on age
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. William Ralph Inge on art
The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values. William Ralph Inge on education
True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values. William Ralph Inge on faith
The enemies of freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot. William Ralph Inge on freedom
Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater. William Ralph Inge on hope
The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values. William Ralph Inge on knowledge
Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man. William Ralph Inge on nature
A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. William Ralph Inge on patriotism
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form. William Ralph Inge on religion
To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. William Ralph Inge on religion
A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. William Ralph Inge on society
It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own. William Ralph Inge on wisdom