The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
G. K. CHESTERTONWe 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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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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The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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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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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything.
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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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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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The past is not what it was.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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