When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
G. K. CHESTERTONJesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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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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The greatest political storm flutters only a fringe of humanity. But an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children literally alter the destiny of nations.
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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 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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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
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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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The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
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Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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