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Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.

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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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Difference Disguise Ignorance Name Partial
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.
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Angel Devil Faith Force Forget Fun Gravity Himself Light
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
You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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Problem See Solution Yourself
There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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Deep Desire Enough Philosophy
A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Oneself Person
The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Man Reality
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
Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.
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Faith Reality Reason Relationship Thinking
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
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Existence God Refuse Worship
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 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
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
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
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

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