I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONCatholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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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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People talk of the pathos and failure of plain women; but it is a more terrible thing that a beautiful woman may succeed in everything but womanhood.
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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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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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The Church is a house with a hundred gates: and no two men enter at exactly the same angle
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Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
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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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There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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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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