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.
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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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.
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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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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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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 thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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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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Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.
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Idolatry 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.
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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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It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
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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 things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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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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The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
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Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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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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The essence of all pantheism, evolutionism, and modern cosmic religion is really this proposition: that nature is our mother. Unfortunately, if you regard Nature as a mother, you discover she is a step-mother.
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Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.
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Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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Passion makes every detail important.
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We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man’s terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God.
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At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
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