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The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.

G. K. Chesterton

We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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Instruction Need Reminder
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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Cosmos Ego Stardom Understand
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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Establishment Myself Religion Rule Wild
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
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Choice Deep Difficult Reality Right
Passion makes every detail important.
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Detail Important Passion
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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Difficult Failure Religious Try
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Greatness Oneself See Sight Small View
Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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Ourselves Philosophy Phone Science Talk
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
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Fight Hate Himself Love Soldier True
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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Lost Love Realization
There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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Business Difference Ideal State System
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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Division Earth Ourselves People Pride
Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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Chance Compliment God Hell Human
Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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Failure Home Success Work Worth
Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Complex Issues Moral Principle Terrible
Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.
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Audience People Right Wrong

The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.

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