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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.

G. K. Chesterton

Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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Duty High Man Responsibility Time
You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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Fight Love Yourself
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
When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
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Atheist Believe Choice God Man Mindset
A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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Destruction Society Transition
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Greatness Oneself See Sight Small View
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
The greatest political storm flutters only a fringe of humanity. But an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children literally alter the destiny of nations.
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Destiny Greatness Humanity Nation Ordinary Story
No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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Break Command Himself Man Religious
I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities – and found no statues of Committees.
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Committee Myself Search See
We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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Instruction Need Reminder
The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.
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Mom Nature Ourselves Relationship Religion Sister
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
The State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school.
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Education Man School Time
America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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Build Country Foundation Religion
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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Fight Hate Himself Love Soldier True

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