The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.
G. K. CHESTERTONWe are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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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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If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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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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Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.
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The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.
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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
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