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. CHESTERTONStick 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.
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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But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
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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 one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it.
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The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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Angels 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.
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Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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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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And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
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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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When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.
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