One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
G. K. CHESTERTONThere are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
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The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
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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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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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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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When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven’s name to what?
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
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