The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted

Quote by W R Inge

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

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

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to...

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to...

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty...

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty...

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who...

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who...

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small...

The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small...

Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist

Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever...

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever...

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever...

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever...

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

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

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

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy...

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy...

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is...

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is...

Consciously or unconsciously, everyone of us does render some service or another. If we cultivate...

Consciously or unconsciously, everyone of us does render some service or another. If we cultivate...

Love and compassion are the mother and father of a smile. We need to create...

Love and compassion are the mother and father of a smile. We need to create...