The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
G. K. CHESTERTONI 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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There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
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If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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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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Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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