How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
G. K. CHESTERTONA society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press… It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us.
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Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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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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If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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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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I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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