Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.
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 Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.
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Unless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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When a woman puts up her fists to a man she is putting herself in the only posture in which he is not afraid of her.
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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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If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
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Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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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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