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.
G. K. CHESTERTONIdolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem”.
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The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
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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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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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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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I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable. For a man and a woman, as such, are incompatible.
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The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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