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I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice

G. K. Chesterton

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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Compatible Fight Happiness Man Marriage Survival Woman
The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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Hope Inspirational Magic Miracle
A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.
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Courage Face Himself Ideas Person Wisdom
It is always the secure who are humble.
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Humble One Liner Security
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Existence God Refuse Worship
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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Deep Desire Enough Philosophy
The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.
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Goodness Man Meaning Necessary Time Word
All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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Inspirational Man Ordinary Value Worth
The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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Establishment Myself Religion Rule Wild
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Greatness Oneself See Sight Small View
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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Heart Mindset Object Open
Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem”.
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Avoid Goodness Requirement Virtue Wife Woman Yourself
God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.
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Deep God Religious Sun Yourself
If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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Atheist Deep God Perspective
The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.
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Believe End Himself Man Problem Worst
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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Choice Deep Difficult Reality Right

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