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CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.

G. K. Chesterton

Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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Handle Serious Under
Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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Ignorance Language Meaning Reference Word
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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Faith Reality Reason Relationship Thinking
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Greatness Oneself See Sight Small View
[No society can survive the socialist] fallacy that there is an absolutely unlimited number of inspired officials and an absolutely unlimited amount of money to pay them.
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Inspirational Limitation Money Pay Society
A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Oneself Person
The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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Hope Inspirational Magic Miracle
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
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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Enemy Friendship God Ourselves
Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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God Religion Stupidity Worship
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
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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Deep Desire Enough Philosophy
Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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Grace Grant Gratitude
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
Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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Believe Faith Impossible Inspirational
When a woman puts up her fists to a man she is putting herself in the only posture in which he is not afraid of her.
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Afraid Himself Man Woman

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