The past is not what it was.
G. K. CHESTERTONTruth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
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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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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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It is always the secure who are humble.
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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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There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
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Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
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CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.
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When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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