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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."

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

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"Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself."
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"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."
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"I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty."
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"No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism."
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