O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
G. K. CHESTERTONAngels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.
More G. K. Chesterton Quotes
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There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.
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The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.
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The test of happiness is gratitude.
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Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
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When a woman puts up her fists to a man she is putting herself in the only posture in which he is not afraid of her.
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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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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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Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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