There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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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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We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
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Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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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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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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The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
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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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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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The past is not what it was.
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
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