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

G. K. Chesterton

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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Deep Desire Enough Philosophy
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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Faith Reality Reason Relationship Thinking
Stick to the man who looks out of the window and tries to understand the world. Keep clear of the man who looks in at the window and tries to understand you.
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Man Understand Window World Yourself
When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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Beginning Dignity Human Ignorance People
Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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Chance Compliment God Hell Human
The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.
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Mom Nature Ourselves Relationship Religion Sister
Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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Duty High Man Responsibility Time
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
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Interest Mindset People
Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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Discipline Fear Happiness Promise Trouble Weird
The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Age Forget Gold Man
The past is not what it was.
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One Liner Past
No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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Break Command Himself Man Religious
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
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Children Gratitude Ourselves Time
The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis.
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Happiness Marriage Struggle
It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.
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Problem See Solution

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

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