God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.
G. K. CHESTERTONMarriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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Unless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.
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Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
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The past is not what it was.
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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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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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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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There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
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It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
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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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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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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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