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At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.

G. K. Chesterton

You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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Fight Love Yourself
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Day Expectation Praise Way
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
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
There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Eyes Heart Intellectual Road
We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man’s terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
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Fear God Man Scare Thinking
Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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Beginning Hope Reason
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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Believe Cleaning Perspective Water
The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
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Exception Fact Knowledge Missing
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
Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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Believe People Tolerance Virtue
A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
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Death Flow Live Stream Water
Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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Handle Serious Under
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
To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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Faith Forgiveness Hope Love Sorry
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

At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.

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