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.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis.
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A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
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Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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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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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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The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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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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How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
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