Faith means believing the unbelievable.
G. K. CHESTERTONIdolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.
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To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.
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The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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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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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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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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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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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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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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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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