We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press… It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us.
G. K. CHESTERTONGratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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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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Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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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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A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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