Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
G. K. CHESTERTONNo man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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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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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.
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I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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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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Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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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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How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
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The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.
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At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
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The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.
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The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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Stick to the man who looks out of the window and tries to understand the world. Keep clear of the man who looks in at the window and tries to understand you.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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