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Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.

G. K. Chesterton

The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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God Man Riddle Satisfaction Solution
Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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Duty High Man Responsibility Time
It [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.
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Employment Feminism Freedom Husband Ideas Woman
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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Mystery Poet Silence Subject
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
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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Difficult Failure Religious Try
You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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Fight Love Yourself
There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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Deep Desire Enough Philosophy
Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.
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Call Escape Fashion Leaving Tradition
Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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Ourselves Philosophy Phone Science Talk
The essence of all pantheism, evolutionism, and modern cosmic religion is really this proposition: that nature is our mother. Unfortunately, if you regard Nature as a mother, you discover she is a step-mother.
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Discover Essence Mom Nature Ourselves Religion
The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.
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Believe End Himself Man Problem Worst
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Greatness Oneself See Sight Small View
We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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Instruction Need Reminder
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
Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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Difference Disguise Ignorance Name Partial

Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.

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