It is always the secure who are humble.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
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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.
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Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
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The greatest political storm flutters only a fringe of humanity. But an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children literally alter the destiny of nations.
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Passion makes every detail important.
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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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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man’s terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
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Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities – and found no statues of Committees.
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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.
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You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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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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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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