A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
G. K. CHESTERTONWhen 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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Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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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.
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Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
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The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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Unless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.
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The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
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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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The past is not what it was.
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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