Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONAll science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a man is dead; but the darker secret of why he is alive.
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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
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People talk of the pathos and failure of plain women; but it is a more terrible thing that a beautiful woman may succeed in everything but womanhood.
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Dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink.
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There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
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Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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