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.
G. K. CHESTERTONIt is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything.
More G. K. Chesterton Quotes
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You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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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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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 past is not what it was.
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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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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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I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities – and found no statues of Committees.
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Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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Truth can understand error, but error cannot understand truth.
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For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
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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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