One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThe 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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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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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
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The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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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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The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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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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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
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One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.
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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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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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