The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.
G. K. CHESTERTONGod is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.
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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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CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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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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All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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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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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.
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Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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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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Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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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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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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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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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
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