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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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...

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 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...

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...

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...

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy

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...

Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist

Experience proves that none is so cruel as the disillusioned sentimentalist

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...

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 falls due

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due

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 comes due.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

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.

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

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.

Love is the bond of perfection.

Love is the bond of perfection.

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only...

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only...

The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes...

The fundamental defect of Christian ethics consists in the fact that it labels certain classes...

Christianity has made of death a terror which was unknown to the gay calmness of...

Christianity has made of death a terror which was unknown to the gay calmness of...

As I look forward, I'm very optimistic about the things I see ahead.

As I look forward, I'm very optimistic about the things I see ahead.

Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because...

Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because...