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.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONI never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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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.
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Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers.
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It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.
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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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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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Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
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Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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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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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON







