Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONI 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
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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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 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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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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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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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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One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.
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Original sin is the only doctrine that’s been empirically validated by 2,000 years of human history.
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Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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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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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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A madman is not someone who has lost his reason but someone who has lost everything but his reason
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