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Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.

G. K. Chesterton

The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it.
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Battle Divine Fight God Lose Oneself Perfection
Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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Believe People Tolerance Virtue
A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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Destruction Society Transition
At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
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Astonishment Brain Life Rise Spiritual Sun
I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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Action God Knowledge Myself Practice
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
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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Mystery Poet Silence Subject
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
I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities – and found no statues of Committees.
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Committee Myself Search See
Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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God Religion Stupidity Worship
A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Construction Creation Existence Love
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
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Around Death Democracy Tradition Vote Walk
Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Believe People Tolerance Virtue
I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
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Absence Aware Mindset Presence
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
CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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Civilization Communication Judgement Speed

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