Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONWe’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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The scientific facts, which were supposed to contradict the faith in the nineteenth century, are nearly all of them regarded as unscientific fictions in the twentieth century.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
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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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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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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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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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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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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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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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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.
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But there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.
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