Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
G. K. CHESTERTONWe need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
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The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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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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For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
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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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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.
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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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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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