When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
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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Paradox – Truth standing on her head to get attention.
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Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.
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Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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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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There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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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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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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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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All government is an ugly necessity.
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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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