Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONOriginal sin is the only doctrine that’s been empirically validated by 2,000 years of human history.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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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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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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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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An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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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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Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.
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Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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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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A child’s instinct is almost perfect in the matter of fighting. The child’s hero is always the man or boy who defends himself suddenly and splendidly against aggression.
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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
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Laughter has something in it common with the ancient words of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes people forget themselves in the presence of something greater than themselves.
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