The church that is married to the spirit of this age, becomes a widow in the next.
William Ralph IngeGod does not always punish a nation by sending it adversity. More often He gives the oppressors their hearts' desire, and sends leanness withal into their soul.
William Ralph IngeThe fruit of the tree of knowledge always drives man from some paradise or other; and even the paradise of fools is not an unpleasant abode while it is habitable.
William Ralph IngeThe world belongs to those who think and act with it, who keep a finger on its pulse.
William Ralph IngeAction is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That action is not always external, but it is always some kind of effective energy.
William Ralph IngeNobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true.
William Ralph IngeIn imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or later have their revenge; if he treats them well, and governs them for their good, they will multiply faster than their rulers, till they claim their independence.
William Ralph IngeThe wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.
William Ralph IngePublic opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person.
William Ralph IngeTo become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.
William Ralph IngeI have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.
William Ralph IngePhilosophy 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.
William Ralph IngeEvery institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.
William Ralph Inge