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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.

G. K. Chesterton

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.
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Establishment Myself Religion Rule Wild
There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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Difference Hear Listening
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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Choice Deep Difficult Reality Right
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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Argument Judgement Mad Man Worst Yourself
America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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Build Country Foundation Religion
Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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Beginning Hope Reason
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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Children Gratitude Ourselves Time
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Interest Mindset People
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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Hard Time Perspective Rain Yourself
Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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Failure Home Success Work Worth
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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Heart Mindset Object Open
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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Faith Forgiveness Hope Love Sorry
Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Brain Fall Open Minded Stupidity Yourself
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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Art Draw Moral Sketch
The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
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Choice Darkness Issues Light Side
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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Mystery Poet Silence Subject

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