A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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The past is not what it was.
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The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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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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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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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.
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When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
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