The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
G. K. CHESTERTONI have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable. For a man and a woman, as such, are incompatible.
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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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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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I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable. For a man and a woman, as such, are incompatible.
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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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The State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school.
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The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
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It is always the secure who are humble.
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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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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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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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I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
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Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
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