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We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.

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And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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Hard Time Perspective Rain Yourself
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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Difference Exception Movement Philosophy Science
Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Complex Issues Moral Principle Terrible
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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Difficult Failure Religious Try
Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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Grace Grant Gratitude
Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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Discipline Fear Happiness Promise Trouble Weird
The past is not what it was.
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One Liner Past
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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Cosmos Ego Stardom Understand
There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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Deep Desire Enough Philosophy
We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.
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Earth Exception Nature Wonder
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
When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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Beginning Dignity Human Ignorance People
No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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Break Command Himself Man Religious
Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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Deep Mistake Truth Understand
America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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Build Country Foundation Religion
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

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