An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
G. K. CHESTERTONTo have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
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Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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The past is not what it was.
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When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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It is always the secure who are humble.
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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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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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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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There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
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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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The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis.
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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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If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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