The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
G. K. CHESTERTONIf 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 Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.
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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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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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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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Stick to the man who looks out of the window and tries to understand the world. Keep clear of the man who looks in at the window and tries to understand you.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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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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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
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