Quote

Boredom is a certain sign that we are allowing our faculties to rust in idleness.

William Ralph Inge

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

William Ralph Inge
Allowing
Sign
Reading
Certain
Rust
Book
Faculties
Idleness
Faculty
Boredom

More quotes by William Ralph Inge

Image
The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.
William Ralph Inge
Image
The happy people are those who are producing something.
William Ralph Inge
Image
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.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.
William Ralph Inge
Image
The soul is dyed by the color of its leisure hours.
William Ralph Inge
Image
God 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 Inge
Image
In 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 Inge
Image
Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.
William Ralph Inge
Image
To marry is to get a binocular view of life.
William Ralph Inge
Image
The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other peoples.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Religion is caught, not taught.
William Ralph Inge
Image
The church that is married to the spirit of this age, becomes a widow in the next.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.
William Ralph Inge
Image
This is old, therefore it is good the other says, This is new, therefore it is better.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Joy is the triumph of life it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings.
William Ralph Inge
Image
The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions, and would soon bring to an end all the static Utopias and the farmyard civilization of the Fabians.
William Ralph Inge
Image
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.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.
William Ralph Inge
Image
The 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 Inge