The past is not what it was.
G. K. CHESTERTONAmerica is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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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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You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.
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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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We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.
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Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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