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.
G. K. CHESTERTONAgnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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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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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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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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When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
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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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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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Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
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The greatest political storm flutters only a fringe of humanity. But an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children literally alter the destiny of nations.
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The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.
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We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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