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God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

G. K. Chesterton

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
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Children Gratitude Ourselves Time
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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Children Dragon Existence Fairy Tale Fantasy Inspirational Kill
We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man’s terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
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Fear God Man Scare Thinking
Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Believe People Tolerance Virtue
The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
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Children Extraordinary Family Magic Ordinary Woman
Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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Handle Serious Under
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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Establishment Myself Religion Rule Wild
Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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Chance Compliment God Hell Human
Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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God Religion Stupidity Worship
The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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God Man Riddle Satisfaction Solution
The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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Day Deep Eyes See
The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.
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Believe End Himself Man Problem Worst
Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.
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Audience People Right Wrong
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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Heart Mindset Object Open
Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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Grace Grant Gratitude
Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Brain Fall Open Minded Stupidity Yourself

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