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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.

G. K. Chesterton

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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Art Draw Moral Sketch
Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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Ignorance Language Meaning Reference Word
I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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Action God Knowledge Myself Practice
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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Choice Gratitude Life Yourself
A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Construction Creation Existence Love
The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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Hope Inspirational Magic Miracle
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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Lost Love Realization
I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
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Absence Aware Mindset Presence
We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.
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Earth Exception Nature Wonder
Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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Believe People Tolerance Virtue
Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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Discipline Fear Happiness Promise Trouble Weird
Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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Gratitude Thankful Thinking
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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Cosmos Ego Stardom Understand
If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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Command Government Man Rule
Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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Failure Home Success Work Worth
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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Argument Judgement Mad Man Worst Yourself

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