138 Quotes by William Ralph Inge

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.

Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

Philosophy means thinking things out for oneself. Ultimately, there can be only one true philosophy, since reason is one and we all live in the same world.

Deliberate cruelty to our defenceless and beautiful little cousins is surely one of the meanest and most detestable vices of which a human being can be guilty.

This is old, therefore it is good”; the other says, “This is new, therefore it is better.

Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism.

Each generation takes a special pleasure in removing the household gods of its parents from their pedestals, and consigning them to the cupboard.

We should think of the church as an orchestra in which the different churches play on different instruments while a Divine Conductor calls the tune.