I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
G. K. CHESTERTONThe whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
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Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
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I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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Passion makes every detail important.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
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CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities – and found no statues of Committees.
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It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.
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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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At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
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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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We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press… It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us.
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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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