Author: William Inge

Quotes

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

- William Inge

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

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

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.

- 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

Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.

Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.

- 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

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.

- 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

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