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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.

G. K. Chesterton

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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Astonishment Brain Life Rise Spiritual Sun
No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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Break Command Himself Man Religious
Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.
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Afraid Corruption Coward Devil Fake God Spiritual Stupidity
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
Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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Acceptance Agreement Authority Funny Intelligence
Passion makes every detail important.
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Detail Important Passion
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Day Expectation Praise Way
Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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Chance Compliment God Hell Human
Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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Duty High Man Responsibility Time
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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Fiction Journalism Life Oneself World
Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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God Religion Stupidity Worship
Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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Destruction Silence Tolerance
The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.
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Goodness Man Meaning Necessary Time Word
There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Eyes Heart Intellectual Road
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
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Fight Hate Himself Love Soldier True
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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Believe End Himself Man Problem Worst

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