Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.
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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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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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Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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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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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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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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At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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