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 problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.
More G. K. Chesterton Quotes
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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.
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There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
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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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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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The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem”.
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We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
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Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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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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