The past is not what it was.
G. K. CHESTERTONI believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
More G. K. Chesterton Quotes
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The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
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It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.
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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 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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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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Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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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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Unless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.
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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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Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
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The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen.
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If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
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