The State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school.
G. K. CHESTERTONThe one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it.
More G. K. Chesterton Quotes
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Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
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The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.
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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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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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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
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Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance.
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The greatest political storm flutters only a fringe of humanity. But an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children literally alter the destiny of nations.
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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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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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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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