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

G. K. Chesterton

Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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Beginning Hope Reason
There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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Difference Hear Listening
It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.
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Problem See Solution
The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Age Forget Gold Man
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
A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.
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Courage Face Himself Ideas Person Wisdom
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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Argument Hate Interrupt Myself Session
Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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Duty High Man Responsibility Time
The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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Hope Inspirational Magic Miracle
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
The essence of all pantheism, evolutionism, and modern cosmic religion is really this proposition: that nature is our mother. Unfortunately, if you regard Nature as a mother, you discover she is a step-mother.
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Discover Essence Mom Nature Ourselves Religion
Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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Acceptance Agreement Authority Funny Intelligence
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
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
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
Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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Difference Disguise Ignorance Name Partial

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

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