Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONI agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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There is no better test of a man’s ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong… A stiff apology is a second insult.
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Christianity met the mythological search for romance by being a story and the philosophical search for truth by being a true story.
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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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I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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It is shorter to state the things forbidden than the things permitted; precisely because most things are permitted and only a few things forbidden.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
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There are some desires that are not desirable.
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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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The Mass is very long and tiresome unless one loves God.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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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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