God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.
G. K. CHESTERTONWe’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.
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Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem”.
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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Passion makes every detail important.
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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 whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
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The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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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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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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