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The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.

G. K. Chesterton

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Difficult Failure Religious Try
If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Atheist Deep God Perspective
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.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Discover Essence Mom Nature Ourselves Religion
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Heart Mindset Object Open
The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Children Extraordinary Family Magic Ordinary Woman
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Interest Mindset People
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.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Goodness Man Meaning Necessary Time Word
The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Hope Inspirational Magic Miracle
Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
G. K. CHESTERTON

God Religion Stupidity Worship
The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Day Deep Eyes See
Thanks are the highest form of thought.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Gratitude Thankful Thinking
Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Double Grief Happiness Joy Marriage Ourselves
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.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Astonishment Brain Life Rise Spiritual Sun
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
G. K. CHESTERTON

Children Gratitude Ourselves Time
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Cosmos Ego Stardom Understand
A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Destruction Society Transition

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