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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.

G. K. Chesterton

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
Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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Discipline Fear Happiness Promise Trouble Weird
If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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Command Government Man Rule
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
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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Astonishment Brain Life Rise Spiritual Sun
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Existence God Refuse Worship
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Day Expectation Praise Way
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Greatness Oneself See Sight Small View
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
The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.
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Difference Exception Movement Philosophy Science
Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.
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Fiction Journalism Life Oneself World
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
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Around Death Democracy Tradition Vote Walk
Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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Deep Mistake Truth Understand
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 are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
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Call Hate Love Religion Secularism
Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Complex Issues Moral Principle Terrible

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