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I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.

G. K. Chesterton

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
Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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Ourselves Philosophy Phone Science Talk
Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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Handle Serious Under
Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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God Religion Stupidity Worship
Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Brain Fall Open Minded Stupidity Yourself
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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Division Earth Ourselves People Pride
Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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Hope Seem
Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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Double Gratitude Happiness Wonder
If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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Command Government Man Rule
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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Earth Exception Nature Wonder
The State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school.
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Education Man School Time
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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Enough Experience Lying Perfection
A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Oneself Person
Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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Believe Faith Impossible Inspirational
Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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Believe People Tolerance Virtue
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

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