I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
G. K. CHESTERTONO 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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The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
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To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.
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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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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Fairy 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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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.
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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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