Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
G. K. CHESTERTONIf I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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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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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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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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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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If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
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Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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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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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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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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We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
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The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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