If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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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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Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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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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The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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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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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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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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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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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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