Author: William Inge

Quotes

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true.

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they will prove to be true.

- William Inge

Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape and a god and he is travelling in the right direction.

Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape and a god and he is travelling in the right direction.

- William Inge

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.

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 Inge

Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove.

Bereavement is the sharpest challenge to our trust in God; if faith can overcome this, there is no mountain which it cannot remove.

- William Inge

The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.

The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.

- William Inge

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

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

- William Inge

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

- William Inge

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

- William Inge

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.

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 Inge

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