Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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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When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything.
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Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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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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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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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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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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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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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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The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right.
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