A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.
G. K. CHESTERTONTolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven’s name to what?
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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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CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right.
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I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities – and found no statues of Committees.
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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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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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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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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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The past is not what it was.
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But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
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Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
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Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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