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“To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.”

William Ralph Inge · Religion

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William Ralph Inge

Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.

Nature

William Ralph Inge

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.

Religion

William Ralph Inge

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

Wisdom

William Ralph Inge

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

Art