The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.
G. K. CHESTERTONMarriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man’s terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
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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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Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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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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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
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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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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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