O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe test of happiness is gratitude.
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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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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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There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
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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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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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Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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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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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 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.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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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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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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