Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That action is not always external, but it is always some kind of effective energy.

Quote by Dean Inge

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All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet...

All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet...

In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies...

In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies...

Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.

Don't get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.

If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound...

If the universe is running down like a clock, the clock must have been wound...

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

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

Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape...

Man, as we know him, is a poor creature; he is halfway between an ape...

When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked...

When our first parents were driven out of Paradise, Adam is believed to have remarked...

It was said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things, and himself...

It was said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things, and himself...

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

To marry is to get a binocular view of life.

To marry is to get a binocular view of life.

Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends,...

Love remembered and consecrated by grief belongs, more clearly than the happy intercourse of friends,...

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years...

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years...

Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching...

Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching...

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be...

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be...

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

Gambling is a disease of barbarians superficially civilized.

The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's.

The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other people's.

It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the...

It takes in reality only one to make a quarrel. It is useless for the...

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain...

Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain...

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than...

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than...

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in...

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in...