Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
G. K. CHESTERTONWe fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man’s terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
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It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything.
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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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Stick to the man who looks out of the window and tries to understand the world. Keep clear of the man who looks in at the window and tries to understand you.
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There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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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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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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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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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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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
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