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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.

G. K. Chesterton

Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Audience People Right Wrong
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
It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything.
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Complain Evolution Pretend Thinking Weird
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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Heart Mindset Object Open
The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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Day Deep Eyes See
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
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
The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
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Exception Fact Knowledge Missing
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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Believe Cleaning Perspective Water
Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
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Dangerous Death Education Horrible People Serious
Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Double Grief Happiness Joy Marriage Ourselves
You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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Problem See Solution Yourself
The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.
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Believe End Himself Man Problem Worst
Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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Grace Grant Gratitude
Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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Double Gratitude Happiness Wonder
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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Establishment Myself Religion Rule Wild

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