We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
G. K. CHESTERTONIdolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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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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Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.
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[No society can survive the socialist] fallacy that there is an absolutely unlimited number of inspired officials and an absolutely unlimited amount of money to pay them.
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Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
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The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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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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The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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