There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
G. K. CHESTERTONO 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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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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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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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
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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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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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The State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school.
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Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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