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

G. K. Chesterton

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

Fight Love Yourself
When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Atheist Believe Choice God Man Mindset
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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Argument Judgement Mad Man Worst Yourself
There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Eyes Heart Intellectual Road
I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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Action God Knowledge Myself Practice
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
Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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Destruction Silence Tolerance
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
If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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God Life Man Sunset Touch Woman Work
A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
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Death Flow Live Stream Water
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Day Expectation Praise Way
Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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Acceptance Agreement Authority Funny Intelligence
The essence of all pantheism, evolutionism, and modern cosmic religion is really this proposition: that nature is our mother. Unfortunately, if you regard Nature as a mother, you discover she is a step-mother.
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Discover Essence Mom Nature Ourselves Religion
We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Boat Sick Togetherness
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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Mystery Poet Silence Subject
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Existence God Refuse Worship

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