We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
G. K. CHESTERTONIdolatry 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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I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
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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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Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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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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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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It is always the secure who are humble.
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The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
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When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven’s name to what?
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For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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