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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.

G. K. Chesterton

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
The essence of all pantheism, evolutionism, and modern cosmic religion is really this proposition: that nature is our mother. Unfortunately, if you regard Nature as a mother, you discover she is a step-mother.
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Discover Essence Mom Nature Ourselves Religion
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
Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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Acceptance Agreement Authority Funny Intelligence
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Interest Mindset People
The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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God Man Riddle Satisfaction Solution
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
The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.
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Believe End Himself Man Problem Worst
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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Affair Love Religion Theory
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
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
The past is not what it was.
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One Liner Past
Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Complex Issues Moral Principle Terrible
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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Art Draw Moral Sketch
Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.
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Fiction Journalism Life Oneself World
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

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