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

G. K. Chesterton

Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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Gratitude Thankful Thinking
The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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God Man Riddle Satisfaction Solution
The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Age Forget Gold Man
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
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Fight Hate Himself Love Soldier True
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 real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Man Reality
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
Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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Deep Mistake Truth Understand
There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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Business Difference Ideal State System
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
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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Cosmos Ego Stardom Understand
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Interest Mindset People
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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Bad Democracy Education Government
[No society can survive the socialist] fallacy that there is an absolutely unlimited number of inspired officials and an absolutely unlimited amount of money to pay them.
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Inspirational Limitation Money Pay Society
A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Construction Creation Existence Love
When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven’s name to what?
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Belief Difficult God Heaven Himself

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