Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
G. K. CHESTERTONWe do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press… It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us.
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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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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
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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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The past is not what it was.
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A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
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We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press… It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us.
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The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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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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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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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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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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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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It is always the secure who are humble.
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I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.
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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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