How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
G. K. CHESTERTONFairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything.
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At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
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