W R Inge Quotes & Sayings

Therefore from the storehouse of His Passion I borrow the price of my debt, — William Ralph Inge

Joy is the triumph of life; it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings. — William Ralph Inge

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion. — William Ralph Inge

It is a harder and a nobler task to preserve detachment in a crowd than in a cell; the little daily sacrifices of family life are often a greater trial than self-imposed mortifications. — William Ralph Inge

The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values. — William Ralph Inge

There is a lot more to life than we human understand. — Inge Sargent

Civilization is being poisoned by its own waste products. — William Ralph Inge

Photography is a strange phenomenon ... You trust your eye and cannot help but bare your soul. — Inge Morath

I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour. — William Ralph Inge

No word in our language not even "Socialism" has been employed more loosely than " Mysticism ." ... The history of the word begins in close connexion with the Greek mysteries. A mystic is one who has been, or is being, initiated into some esoteric knowledge of Divine things, about which he must keep his mouth shut ... — William Ralph Inge

Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture; and we are impelled to make the venture by the affinity and attraction which we feel in ourselves. — Dean Inge

The vulgar mind always mistakes the exceptional for the important. — William Ralph Inge

The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted. — William Ralph Inge

When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked to Eve, "My dear, we live in an age of transition." — William Ralph Inge

Christianity promises to make men free; it never promises to make them independent. — William Ralph Inge

Photography is essentially a personal matter - a search for inner truth. — Inge Morath

In my heart I like to remain an amateur, in the sense of being in love with what I'm doing, forever astonished again at the endless possibilities of seeing and using the camera as a recording tool. — Inge Morath

The soul is dyed by the color of its leisure hours. — William Ralph Inge

I love to smile. — Inge De Bruijn

The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's. — Dean Inge

So, Henrik, is the weather good for fishing?" Papa asked cheerfully, and listened briefly. Then he continued, "I'm sending Inge to you today with the children, and she will be bringing you a carton of cigarettes. "Yes, just one," he said, after a moment. Annemarie couldn't hear Uncle Henrik's words. "But there are a lot of cigarettes available in Copenhagen now, if you know where to look," he went on, "and so there will be others coming to you as well, I'm sure." But it wasn't true. Annemarie was quite certain it wasn't true. Cigarettes were the thing that Papa missed, the way Mama missed coffee. He complained often - he had complained only yesterday - that there were no cigarettes in the stores. — Lois Lowry

Jutta whispers, A girl got kicked out of the swimming hole today. Inge Hachmann. They said they wouldn't let us swim with a half-breed. Unsanitary. A half-breed, Werner. Aren't we half-breeds too? Aren't we half our mother, half our father? — Anthony Doerr

I can tell by now that you are wondering whether I can be trusted as a narrator. Why didn't I dump Inge and head for a Singles Bar? The answer is her breasts. — Jeanette Winterson

Don't break the silence unless you can improve on it. — William Ralph Inge

Beneath the dingy uniformity of international fashions in dress, man remains what he has always been; a splendid fighting animal, a self-sacrificing hero, and a blood thirsty savage. — William Ralph Inge

This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better. — William Ralph Inge

We read history in order not to have to repeat it. — Inge Scholl

But the instinct of hoarding, like all other instincts, tends to become hypertrophied and perverted; and with the institution of private property comes another institution-that of plunder and brigandage. In private life, no motive of action is at present so powerful and so persistent as acquisitiveness, which unlike most other desires, knows no satiety. The average man is rich enough when he has a little more than he has got, and not till then. — William Ralph Inge

Hatred toward any human being cannot exist in the same heart as love to God. — 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