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Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.

G. K. Chesterton

CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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Civilization Communication Judgement Speed
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Existence God Refuse Worship
Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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Believe Faith Impossible Inspirational
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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Heart Mindset Object Open
We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.
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Earth Exception Nature Wonder
Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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Duty High Man Responsibility Time
Stick to the man who looks out of the window and tries to understand the world. Keep clear of the man who looks in at the window and tries to understand you.
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Man Understand Window World Yourself
I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable. For a man and a woman, as such, are incompatible.
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Compatible Fight Happiness Man Marriage Survival Woman
God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.
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Deep God Religious Sun Yourself
All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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Inspirational Man Ordinary Value Worth
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
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Children Gratitude Ourselves Time
Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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Chance Compliment God Hell Human
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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Choice Gratitude Life Yourself
Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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Difference Disguise Ignorance Name Partial
I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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Action God Knowledge Myself Practice
Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.
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Enough Experience Lying Perfection

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