138 Quotes by William Ralph Inge

Experience is a good teacher, but her fees are very high.

Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the private soldier is a poor judge of the fortunes of a great battle.

For better or worse, man is the tool-using animal, and as such he has become the lord of creation. When he is lord also of himself, he will deserve his self-chosen title homo sapiens.

Religion is caught, not taught.

Over-population is a phenomenon connected with the survival of the unfit, and it is a mechanism which has created conditions favourable to the survival of the unfit and the elimination of the fit.

The game of life is worth playing, but the struggle is the prize.

Admiration for ourselves and our institutions is too often measured by our contempt and dislike for foreigners.

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

No healthy civilization can ever be reared on a foundation of devitalized work.