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Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.

G. K. Chesterton

Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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Duty High Man Responsibility Time
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Greatness Oneself See Sight Small View
Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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Chance Compliment God Hell Human
If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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Command Government Man Rule
We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Boat Sick Togetherness
At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
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Astonishment Brain Life Rise Spiritual Sun
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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Destiny Greatness Humanity Nation Ordinary Story
Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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Discipline Fear Happiness Promise Trouble Weird
Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.
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Call Escape Fashion Leaving Tradition
It is always the secure who are humble.
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Humble One Liner Security
The test of happiness is gratitude.
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Gratitude Happiness Test
We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.
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Earth Exception Nature Wonder
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Interest Mindset People
God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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Deep God Goodness Religious Symbol
You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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Problem See Solution Yourself
Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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Children Dragon Existence Fairy Tale Fantasy Inspirational Kill

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