A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
G. K. CHESTERTONWhen it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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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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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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For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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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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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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How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
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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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We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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