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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.

G. K. Chesterton

I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right.
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Myself Religion Right Thinking Wrong
God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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Deep God Goodness Religious Symbol
The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Age Forget Gold Man
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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Mystery Poet Silence Subject
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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Heart Mindset Object Open
Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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Believe Faith Impossible Inspirational
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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Children Gratitude Ourselves Time
A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Construction Creation Existence Love
The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Man Reality
Unless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.
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Champion Enemy Evil Man
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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Choice Gratitude Life Yourself
America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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Build Country Foundation Religion
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
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
We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Boat Sick Togetherness
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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Faith Forgiveness Hope Love Sorry

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