The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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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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A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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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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You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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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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The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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It [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.
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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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Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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Passion makes every detail important.
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There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.
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