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
Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
More G. K. Chesterton Quotes
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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.
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Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.
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There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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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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We are all in the same boat, in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
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If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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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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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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You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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It 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.
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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.
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The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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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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