The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
G. K. CHESTERTONNo man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
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There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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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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I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable. For a man and a woman, as such, are incompatible.
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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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There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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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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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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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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Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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