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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.

G. K. Chesterton

A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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Destruction Society Transition
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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Art Draw Moral Sketch
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
Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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God Religion Stupidity Worship
The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Age Forget Gold Man
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
Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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Children Dragon Existence Fairy Tale Fantasy Inspirational Kill
And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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Hard Time Perspective Rain 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
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
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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Argument Hate Interrupt Myself Session
We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Boat Sick Togetherness
At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
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Astonishment Brain Life Rise Spiritual Sun
It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.
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Problem See Solution
Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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Hope Seem

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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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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