God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
G. K. CHESTERTONThanks are the highest form of thought.
More G. K. Chesterton Quotes
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The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem”.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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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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The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
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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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A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it.
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The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
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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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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
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