All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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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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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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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