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.
G. K. CHESTERTONRight is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.
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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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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
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And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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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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A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.
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All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem”.
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If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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