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When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

G. K. Chesterton

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Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.
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When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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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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Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Oneself Person
If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
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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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The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it.
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The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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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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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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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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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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Fight Hate Himself Love Soldier True

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