We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.
G. K. CHESTERTONIf there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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The 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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Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
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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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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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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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Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.
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I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
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You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable. For a man and a woman, as such, are incompatible.
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