Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.
G. K. CHESTERTONWe’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right.
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If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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It is always the secure who are humble.
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When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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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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If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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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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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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