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.
G. K. CHESTERTONThere is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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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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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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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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Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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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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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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All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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The past is not what it was.
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It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything.
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