“ It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own. William Ralph Inge
“ 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… William Ralph Inge
“ A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. William Ralph Inge
“ The world as it is is the world as God sees it, not as we see it. Our vision is distorted, not so much by the limits of finitude as by sin and ignorance. But the more we raise ourselves in the scale o… William Ralph Inge
“ Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man. William Ralph Inge
“ The statistics of suicide show that for non-combatants at least life is more interesting in war than in peace. William Ralph Inge
“ To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. William Ralph Inge
“ Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater. William Ralph Inge
“ I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that He has a sense of humor. William Ralph Inge
“ Faith is an act of self-consecration in which the will the intellect and the affections all have their place. William Ralph Inge
“ The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so. William Ralph Inge
