To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
G. K. CHESTERTONHumor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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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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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
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The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.
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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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Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
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Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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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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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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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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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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