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.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONThere 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.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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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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When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
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It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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Christianity met the mythological search for romance by being a story and the philosophical search for truth by being a true story.
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
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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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Original sin is the only doctrine that’s been empirically validated by 2,000 years of human history.
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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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