I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities – and found no statues of Committees.
G. K. CHESTERTONA 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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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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Passion makes every detail important.
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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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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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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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We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
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We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press… It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us.
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Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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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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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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