(204 quotes found)
“We are distressed because our churches are half empty; and many of them would be emptier if the Gospel were preached in them”
W. R. Inge
“Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism”
“Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.”
“The vulgar mind always mistakes the exceptional for the important.”
“The command "Be fruitful and multiply" was promulgated according to our authorities, when the population of the world consisted of two persons”
“There are two kinds of fools: one says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better”
“The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.”
“A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.”
“We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.”
“Many people believe that they are attracted by God or by nature, when they are only repelled by man.”
