Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
G. K. CHESTERTONIf I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
More G. K. Chesterton Quotes
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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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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A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.
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The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis.
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Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.
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Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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It [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.
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Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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The word ‘good’ has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.
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Passion makes every detail important.
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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.
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