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Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.

G. K. Chesterton

CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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Civilization Communication Judgement Speed
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
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Existence God Refuse Worship
Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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Handle Serious Under
I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable. For a man and a woman, as such, are incompatible.
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Compatible Fight Happiness Man Marriage Survival Woman
Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Complex Issues Moral Principle Terrible
But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
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Abolishment Believe Criticism God Government Truth
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
There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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Difference Hear Listening
The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.
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Difference Exception Movement Philosophy Science
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
It is always the secure who are humble.
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Humble One Liner Security
Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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Grace Grant Gratitude
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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Argument Hate Interrupt Myself Session
Stick to the man who looks out of the window and tries to understand the world. Keep clear of the man who looks in at the window and tries to understand you.
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Man Understand Window World Yourself
We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press… It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us.
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Deep Media Silence Validation

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