Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe 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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Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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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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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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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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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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If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
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Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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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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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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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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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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