The Church is a house with a hundred gates: and no two men enter at exactly the same angle
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONBut there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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A child’s instinct is almost perfect in the matter of fighting. The child’s hero is always the man or boy who defends himself suddenly and splendidly against aggression.
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Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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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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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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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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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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Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
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I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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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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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
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