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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

I don’t deny,” he said, “that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say that at certain strange epochs it is necessary to have another kind of priests, called poets, actually to remind men that they are not dead yet.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Matter Want Writing
The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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Education Justice Learning
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. CHESTERTON

Error Final Human
A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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Common Faith Inspiration Sense
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Christianity Morality Religion
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
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Atheism Fear People
Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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Appreciation Gratitude Thank
Original sin is the only doctrine that’s been empirically validated by 2,000 years of human history.
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Doctrine Sin Year
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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Bath Believe Practice
But there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.
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Appearance Dog Gone
Dipsomaniac and the abstainer are not only both mistaken, but they both make the same mistake. They both regard wine as a drug and not as a drink.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Artist Wisdom Wise
The Church is a house with a hundred gates: and no two men enter at exactly the same angle
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Apology Men Sorry
A madman is not someone who has lost his reason but someone who has lost everything but his reason
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Children Justice Love
Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Impose Philosophy Telephone
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.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Art Brain Spiritual
We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Boat Same Seasick