Passion makes every detail important.
G. K. CHESTERTONPassion makes every detail important.
G. K. CHESTERTONIdolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
G. K. CHESTERTONWithout education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
G. K. CHESTERTONIf 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. CHESTERTONRight is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.
G. K. CHESTERTONA thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
G. K. CHESTERTONA really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
G. K. CHESTERTONFairy 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. CHESTERTONThe evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
G. K. CHESTERTONFor when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
G. K. CHESTERTONIt [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.
G. K. CHESTERTONGratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
G. K. CHESTERTONBeing a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
G. K. CHESTERTONJesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
G. K. CHESTERTONThanks are the highest form of thought.
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