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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

G. K. Chesterton

The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Age Forget Gold Man
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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Believe End Himself Man Problem Worst
I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
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Absence Aware Mindset Presence
God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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Deep God Goodness Religious Symbol
It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything.
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Complain Evolution Pretend Thinking Weird
Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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Ourselves Philosophy Phone Science Talk
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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Angel Devil Faith Force Forget Fun Gravity Himself Light
Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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Ignorance Language Meaning Reference Word
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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Cosmos Ego Stardom Understand
Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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Grace Grant Gratitude
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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Affair Love Religion Theory
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
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Choice Deep Difficult Reality Right
The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
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Choice Darkness Issues Light Side
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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Choice Gratitude Life Yourself
Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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Difference Disguise Ignorance Name Partial
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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Destiny Greatness Humanity Nation Ordinary Story

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

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