Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONProgress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
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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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The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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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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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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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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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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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 Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
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The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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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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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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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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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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