There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
G. K. CHESTERTONModern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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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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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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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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Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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