To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
G. K. CHESTERTONGratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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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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The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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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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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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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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The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
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Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
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Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.
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How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
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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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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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