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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

G. K. Chesterton

[No society can survive the socialist] fallacy that there is an absolutely unlimited number of inspired officials and an absolutely unlimited amount of money to pay them.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Inspirational Limitation Money Pay Society
I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Absence Aware Mindset Presence
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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Angel Devil Faith Force Forget Fun Gravity Himself Light
You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
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Problem See Solution Yourself
Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Believe People Tolerance Virtue
Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Ourselves Philosophy Phone Science Talk
Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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Acceptance Agreement Authority Funny Intelligence
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Day Expectation Praise Way
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Around Death Democracy Tradition Vote Walk
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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Believe Cleaning Perspective Water
Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.
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Complex Issues Moral Principle Terrible
Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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Discipline Fear Happiness Promise Trouble Weird
Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Enough Place Removal Yourself
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. CHESTERTON

Afraid Corruption Coward Devil Fake God Spiritual Stupidity
When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven’s name to what?
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Belief Difficult God Heaven Himself
Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Faith Reality Reason Relationship Thinking

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