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.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe 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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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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Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
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When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
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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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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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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.
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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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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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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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