A great man is not a man so strong that he feels less than other men; he is a man so strong that he feels more.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONEducation is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
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The State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school.
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There cannot be a nation of millionaires, and there never has been a nation of Utopian comrades; but there have been any number of nations of tolerably contented peasants.
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.
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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.
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When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
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A child’s instinct is almost perfect in the matter of fighting. The child’s hero is always the man or boy who defends himself suddenly and splendidly against aggression.
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Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
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