One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
G. K. CHESTERTONBut 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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To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
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Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
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Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.
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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
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The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
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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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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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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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Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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