When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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.
More G. K. Chesterton Quotes
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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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How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.
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Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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Passion makes every detail important.
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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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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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We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.
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