Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.
G. K. CHESTERTONWhenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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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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A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
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Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.
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You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.
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Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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