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I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.

G. K. Chesterton

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
G. K. CHESTERTON

God Life Man Sunset Touch Woman Work
We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press… It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Deep Media Silence Validation
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.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Man Understand Window World Yourself
The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Choice Darkness Issues Light Side
Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Believe People Tolerance Virtue
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Lost Love Realization
There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Deep Desire Enough Philosophy
Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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Hope Seem
We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Boat Each Other Loyalty Terrible
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Existence God Refuse Worship
America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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Build Country Foundation Religion
There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Difference Hear Listening
The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Goodness Man Meaning Necessary Time Word
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Enemy Friendship God Ourselves
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Affair Love Religion Theory
Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Complex Issues Moral Principle Terrible

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