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G. K. Chesterton

There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
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Call Hate Love Religion Secularism
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
Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Complex Issues Moral Principle Terrible
Passion makes every detail important.
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Detail Important Passion
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 whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
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Man Philosophy Secret Understand
We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man’s terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
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Fear God Man Scare Thinking
I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right.
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Myself Religion Right Thinking Wrong
The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Man Reality
You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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Problem See Solution Yourself
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
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
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
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Greatness Oneself See Sight Small View
We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
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Boat Each Other Loyalty Terrible
Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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Failure Home Success Work Worth

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