I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTONAt 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.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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All science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a man is dead; but the darker secret of why he is alive.
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A great man is not a man so strong that he feels less than other men; he is a man so strong that he feels more.
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But there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.
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When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.
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The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
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Laughter has something in it common with the ancient words of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes people forget themselves in the presence of something greater than themselves.
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The Church is a house with a hundred gates: and no two men enter at exactly the same angle
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.
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A crown of roses is also a crown of thorns.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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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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Comradeship is quite a different thing from friendship. . .
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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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