Quote

Even the paradise of fools is not an unpleasant abode while it is inhabitable.

William Ralph Inge

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

William Ralph Inge
Fools
Paradise
Fool
Heaven
Even
Abode
Unpleasant

More quotes by William Ralph Inge

Image
The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Faith always contains an element of risk, of venture and we are impelled to make the venture by the affinity and attraction which we feel in ourselves.
William Ralph Inge
Image
True faith is belief in the reality of absolute values.
William Ralph Inge
Image
The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations which have not yet penetrated the public conscience. The clerical profession has been lamentably remiss in preaching this obvious duty.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove.
William Ralph Inge
Image
The modern world belongs to the half-educated, a rather difficult class, because they do not realize how little they know.
William Ralph Inge
Image
We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse.
William Ralph Inge
Image
The happy people are those who are producing something.
William Ralph Inge
Image
The vulgar mind always mistakes the exceptional for the important.
William Ralph Inge
Image
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.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends, to the eternal world it has proved itself stronger than death.
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
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
Image
Experience is a good teacher, but her fees are very high.
William Ralph Inge
Image
I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty.
William Ralph Inge
Image
I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.
William Ralph Inge
Image
In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.
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
In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach.
William Ralph Inge
Image
Christianity promises to make men free it never promises to make them independent.
William Ralph Inge