The test of happiness is gratitude.
G. K. CHESTERTONAgnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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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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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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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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CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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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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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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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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We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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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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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.
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