Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThe test of happiness is gratitude.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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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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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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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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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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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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There cannot be a nation of millionaires, and there never has been a nation of Utopian comrades; but there have been any number of nations of tolerably contented peasants.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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There is no better test of a man’s ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong… A stiff apology is a second insult.
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Original sin is the only doctrine that’s been empirically validated by 2,000 years of human history.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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