Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONI don’t deny,” he said, “that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say that at certain strange epochs it is necessary to have another kind of priests, called poets, actually to remind men that they are not dead yet.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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All government is an ugly necessity.
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One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.
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Dear Sir: Regarding your article ‘What’s Wrong with the World?’ I am. Yours truly.
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I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right
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Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.
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I don’t deny,” he said, “that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say that at certain strange epochs it is necessary to have another kind of priests, called poets, actually to remind men that they are not dead yet.
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It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.
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The Reformer is always right about what’s wrong. However, he’s often wrong about what is right.
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Daybreak is a never-ending glory; getting out of bed is a never ending nuisance.
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It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.
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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 more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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