[No society can survive the socialist] fallacy that there is an absolutely unlimited number of inspired officials and an absolutely unlimited amount of money to pay them.
G. K. CHESTERTONAngels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.
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The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.
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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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Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.
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Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities – and found no statues of Committees.
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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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Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.
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Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press… It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us.
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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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When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
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