If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
G. K. CHESTERTONWhen belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven’s name to what?
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Unless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.
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The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
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Passion makes every detail important.
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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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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities – and found no statues of Committees.
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If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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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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A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.
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