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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.

G. K. Chesterton

We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Instruction Need Reminder
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Art Draw Moral Sketch
It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Hang Politics Terrible
Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Enough Place Removal Yourself
If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Argument Judgement Mad Man Worst Yourself
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Heart Mindset Object Open
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Cosmos Ego Stardom Understand
We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Boat Sick Togetherness
It is always the secure who are humble.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Humble One Liner Security
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Day Expectation Praise Way
Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Ourselves Philosophy Phone Science Talk
Stick to the man who looks out of the window and tries to understand the world. Keep clear of the man who looks in at the window and tries to understand you.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Man Understand Window World Yourself
Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Children Dragon Existence Fairy Tale Fantasy Inspirational Kill
How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Determination Lose Mindset Success Thinking Yourself
The essence of all pantheism, evolutionism, and modern cosmic religion is really this proposition: that nature is our mother. Unfortunately, if you regard Nature as a mother, you discover she is a step-mother.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Discover Essence Mom Nature Ourselves Religion
The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
G. K. CHESTERTON

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