I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
G. K. CHESTERTONIf men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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It [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.
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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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Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven’s name to what?
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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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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 one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it.
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I have known many happy marriages, but never a compatible one. The whole aim of marriage is to fight through and survive the instant when incompatibility becomes unquestionable. For a man and a woman, as such, are incompatible.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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