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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.

G. K. Chesterton

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
A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Construction Creation Existence Love
The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
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Man Philosophy Secret Understand
We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Boat Sick Togetherness
No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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Break Command Himself Man Religious
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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Fiction Journalism Life Oneself World
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
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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Art Draw Moral Sketch
The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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Day Deep Eyes See
Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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Gratitude Thankful Thinking
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Existence God Refuse Worship
Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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Difference Disguise Ignorance Name Partial
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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Difficult Failure Religious Try
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
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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Battle Divine Fight God Lose Oneself Perfection
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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Compatible Fight Happiness Man Marriage Survival Woman

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