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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

The historic glory of America lies in the fact that it is the one nation that was founded like a church. That is, it was founded on a faith that was not merely summed up after it had exited, but was defined before it existed.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Error Final Human
All 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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Men Secret Sublime
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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Love Trust Way World
Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
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Dog Funny Spiritual
There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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Goes Intelligent Trying
It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.
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Men Running Thinking
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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Funny Inspirational Travel
I don’t deny,” he said, “that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say that at certain strange epochs it is necessary to have another kind of priests, called poets, actually to remind men that they are not dead yet.
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Matter Want Writing
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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Artist Wisdom Wise
The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
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Christian Mass Reckless
When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
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Failure Trouble World
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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Church Need Thinking
A great man is not a man so strong that he feels less than other men; he is a man so strong that he feels more.
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Darkness Fact Simple
Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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Believe Fear Running
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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Acceptance Knowledge Star
A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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Crow Duality Thorn

Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.

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