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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.

G. K. Chesterton

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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Choice Gratitude Life Yourself
We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.
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Earth Exception Nature Wonder
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.
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Angel Devil Faith Force Forget Fun Gravity Himself Light
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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Children Gratitude Ourselves Time
There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Eyes Heart Intellectual Road
How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
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Determination Lose Mindset Success Thinking Yourself
There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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Difference Hear Listening
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Greatness Oneself See Sight Small View
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
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Existence God Refuse Worship
If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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God Life Man Sunset Touch Woman Work
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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Argument Judgement Mad Man Worst Yourself
Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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Gratitude Thankful Thinking
The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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Hope Inspirational Magic Miracle
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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Affair Love Religion Theory
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

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