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When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.

G. K. Chesterton

The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis.
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Happiness Marriage Struggle
If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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Atheist Deep God Perspective
A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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Destruction Society Transition
Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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Handle Serious Under
Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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Acceptance Agreement Authority Funny Intelligence
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
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Children Gratitude Ourselves Time
The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Age Forget Gold Man
The essence of all pantheism, evolutionism, and modern cosmic religion is really this proposition: that nature is our mother. Unfortunately, if you regard Nature as a mother, you discover she is a step-mother.
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Discover Essence Mom Nature Ourselves Religion
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.
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Enough Experience Lying Perfection
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
Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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Destruction Silence Tolerance
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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Angel Devil Faith Force Forget Fun Gravity Himself Light
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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Destiny Greatness Humanity Nation Ordinary Story
Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Believe People Tolerance Virtue
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Existence God Refuse Worship
A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Oneself Person

When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.

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