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.
G. K. CHESTERTONThere are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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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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The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it.
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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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The essence of all pantheism, evolutionism, and modern cosmic religion is really this proposition: that nature is our mother. Unfortunately, if you regard Nature as a mother, you discover she is a step-mother.
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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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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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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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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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The past is not what it was.
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