The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
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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.
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O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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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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The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis.
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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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A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Passion makes every detail important.
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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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