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.
G. K. CHESTERTONA thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Unless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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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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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
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All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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A 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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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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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven’s name to what?
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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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