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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.

G. K. Chesterton

The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.
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Difference Exception Movement Philosophy Science
I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities – and found no statues of Committees.
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Committee Myself Search See
Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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Gratitude Thankful Thinking
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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Affair Love Religion Theory
Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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Chance Compliment God Hell Human
Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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Believe People Tolerance Virtue
If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
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Argument Judgement Mad Man Worst Yourself
Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Double Grief Happiness Joy Marriage Ourselves
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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Astonishment Brain Life Rise Spiritual Sun
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Existence God Refuse Worship
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
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Choice Deep Difficult Reality Right
We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Boat Sick Togetherness
Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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Failure Home Success Work Worth
There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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Business Difference Ideal State System
It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
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Hang Politics Terrible
We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man’s terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
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Fear God Man Scare Thinking

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