There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
G. K. CHESTERTONTolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
More G. K. Chesterton Quotes
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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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It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything.
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Stick to the man who looks out of the window and tries to understand the world. Keep clear of the man who looks in at the window and tries to understand you.
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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