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The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.

G. K. Chesterton

There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Interest Mindset People
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
You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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Fight Love Yourself
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
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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Faith Forgiveness Hope Love Sorry
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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Affair Love Religion Theory
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
O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
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Division Earth Ourselves People Pride
Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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Acceptance Agreement Authority Funny Intelligence
Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.
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Audience People Right Wrong
We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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Instruction Need Reminder
I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
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Absence Aware Mindset Presence
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
Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Complex Issues Moral Principle Terrible
The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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God Man Riddle Satisfaction Solution
Passion makes every detail important.
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Detail Important Passion

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