William Ralph Inge Quotations

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.

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

All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet not apart from, the world of natural phenomena.

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.

The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other peoples.