For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
G. K. CHESTERTONThese are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis.
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The past is not what it was.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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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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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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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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To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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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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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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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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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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