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If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments

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.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Deep Desire Enough Philosophy
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.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Complain Evolution Pretend Thinking Weird
Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Enough Experience Lying Perfection
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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Courage Face Himself Ideas Person Wisdom
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Existence God Refuse Worship
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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Abolishment Believe Criticism God Government Truth
The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.
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Goodness Man Meaning Necessary Time Word
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
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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Difficult Failure Religious Try
I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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Action God Knowledge Myself Practice
A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Oneself Person
Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Ourselves Philosophy Phone Science Talk
Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Enough Place Removal Yourself
We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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Instruction Need Reminder
If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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Atheist Deep God Perspective
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Enemy Friendship God Ourselves

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