138 Quotes by 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 Devil in human form.

Christianity promises to make men free; it never promises to make them independent.

There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences.

Civilization is a disease which is almost invariably fatal.

Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.

All human love is a holy thing, the holiest thing in our experience.

Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love.