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The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.

G. K. Chesterton

It is always the secure who are humble.
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Humble One Liner Security
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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Destiny Greatness Humanity Nation Ordinary Story
Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.
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Afraid Corruption Coward Devil Fake God Spiritual Stupidity
There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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Difference Hear Listening
The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
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Choice Darkness Issues Light Side
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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Affair Love Religion Theory
The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Age Forget Gold Man
Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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Hope Seem
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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Deep Media Silence Validation
We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man’s terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
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Fear God Man Scare Thinking
Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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Ignorance Language Meaning Reference Word
Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.
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Enough Experience Lying Perfection
Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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Discipline Fear Happiness Promise Trouble Weird
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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Atheist Believe Choice God Man Mindset
The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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God Man Riddle Satisfaction Solution
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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Bad Democracy Education Government

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