Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
G. K. CHESTERTONAt 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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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right.
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The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
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You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
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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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The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
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If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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