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.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThese are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.
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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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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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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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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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