The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
G. K. CHESTERTONGratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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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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The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.
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Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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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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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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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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All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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