The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
G. K. CHESTERTONGod is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
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The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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The greatest political storm flutters only a fringe of humanity. But an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children literally alter the destiny of nations.
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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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Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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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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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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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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