A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
G. K. CHESTERTONWhen people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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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 most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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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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The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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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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Passion makes every detail important.
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If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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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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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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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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