The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. ✨ William R…

William Ralph Inge
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The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. ✨ William Ralph Inge (1927). The church in the world: collected essays, Ayer Co Pub
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A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it. ✨ Philosophy of Plotinus Lecture 22 (1923)
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Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance. ✨ William Ralph Inge … ▶
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Faith begins as an experiment, and ends as an experience. ✨ William Ralph Inge (1918). The Philosophy of Plotinus: The Gifford Lectures at St. Andrews, 1917-1918

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